fancy
In a fancy manner; fancilyIn a fancy manner; fancily.
» We ate at a fancy restaurant.
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1 senses(nonstandard, not comparable)In a fancy manner; fancily.
Examples
290 sentencesWe ate at a fancy restaurant.
Tom stayed at a fancy hotel.
I don't want a big, fancy wedding.
deIch will keine große, schicke Hochzeit. — Tom9358
You don't need to wear anything fancy.
Has Tom ever stayed at a fancy hotel?
Origin
From Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from OldFrom Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Late Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fantasia, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.
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Collocations
5 patterns- a fancy restaurant
- fancy restaurant
- at a fancy
- a fancy hotel
- fancy hotel