Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)Rather posh, elegant, ritzy.

    protzig, angeberisch, piekfein

    imposingly fashionable and elegant

Examples

4 sentences

  1. They went to a swanky hotel.

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  2. I booked a suite in a swanky hotel.

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  3. Yanni met a girl from the swanky side of town.

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  4. That is one swanky hairdo, miss!

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
posh; elegant; ritzy:

Origin

From swank + -y.

From swank + -y.

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Forms

swankier, swankiest
Comparativeswankier Lesson
Superlativeswankiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
swankswankish
Close in meaning
  • imposingly fashionable and elegant:swank

Word family

4 related words
Relatedswank
Derivedswankilyswankinessunswanky

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
swampswampyswanB2swapC1swarmB1
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