modish

• “Again, a certain kind of modish appearance seems important.”

  The Guardian: Movie stars see their name in lights and on babies

• “He was young and handsome, and although he wore the simple garb of the Quakers he had not yet perhaps quite forgotten the "modish" ways of his younger days, for about his waist he had knotted a pale blue scarf.”

  This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States

• “Modcloth has vintage and indie goodies galore, including a brand new Valentine's Day collection of clothing and accessories that is just dreamy! psst: use code "modish" at checkout and receive 10\% off your order”

  Modish

• “(That was a subtle touch by the writer, parenthetically using modish, meaning”

  Mr. Verb

• “This year's shortlist, for instance, is not sensational, modish, tendentious or obscure.”

  The Guardian: Turner prize 2010 – review

• “A couple of painted wooden busts of early 16th-century South Netherlandish fashion plates—probably some of St. Ursula's martyred companions—conceal skull fragments under complicated hairstyles and modish clothing.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Where Revered Relics Repose

• “However, the final verdict is expected enough: So as much as I want to grab the panelists by their modish lapels and shake them and demand to know exactly what the hell they're talking about, it is not my right to do so, for I am not there by invitation, I am not a member of their community, and I have no right to expect that their words should mean anything to me.”

  Literary Study

• “Gradually, though, I realized, that Luz, the school's elegant, middle-aged director, and modish, twenty-five-year-old Luis could talk on or join us for comida (the big afternoon meal) because they weren't rushing off somewhere.”

  Eight surprises from a senior year abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico

• “Meatballs may be modish, but I think they're best done simply: beef and pork, peppery parsley, sweet onion and the aromatic anise of fennel seeds, lightened with breadcrumbs and quick fried to give a deep brown, caramelised crust.”

  The Guardian: How to cook perfect meatballs

• “If this sounds like European avant-garde theatre at its most off-puttingly modish, the effect is in fact kookily funny and coolly self-aware.”

  The Guardian: Thomas Ostermeier: 'Hamlet? The play's a mess'

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