Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Informal Highly stylish; elegant.
Wiktionary
- adj. Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.
- adj. Of a superior type; especially, exhibiting admirable personal qualities
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress. Opposite of
styleless . - adj. exhibiting refinement and high character. Opposite of
low-class
WordNet 3.0
- adj. elegant and fashionable
Examples
“We wanted our market to be - I don't want to use the word 'classy' - but a step above, with a certain amount of sophistication.”
“The term classy doesn't even do that kind of attitude justice.”
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“Stephanie is the epitome of what I call a classy lady.”
“People are surprised to see me at parties in classy clothes because I don't/can't wear them every day.”
“On this side of the Atlantic, the word means “style” or perhaps “poise” or “polish,” as in classy or a class act.”
“How classy is it to go on National television and say “Full of Crap”?”
“Dressed in classy outfits that fall somewhere between Butch Cassidy and Woodrow Wilson, Spaghetti Western plays music that's part country, part classical, part jazz.”
“When I think of Todd Helton ..... the word classy comes to mind.”
“In his fourth defense of the title the classy Puerto Rican will go up against No. 4 ranked Mayol (25-3, 19 KO's) who is capable of pulling off an upset.”
“I find them both to be quite "classy" - subtle messages of the ** positive** side of each's agenda.”
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Rescinded Notables
Words whose proposed definition was found to be inappropriate, generating some interesting discussion nonetheless.
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yarb Discussion on this list. Apr 30, 2009
yarb Ha ha! Jul 25, 2008
whichbe Is this topic racy? Jul 25, 2008
yarb Isn't the concept of social class innately classist? Jul 25, 2008
whichbe This word is rather classist. Jul 25, 2008