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classy

[klas-ee, klah-see] / ˈklæs i, ˈklɑ si /
ADJECTIVE
stylish, having panache
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chic elegant fashionable high-class posh
WEAK
dashing exclusive fly in in vogue mod modish select sharp superior swank swanky tony uptown
Antonyms
STRONGEST
old-fashioned unfashionable
WEAK
inelegant inferior unstylish

Example Sentences

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You’re barely going to have any cash left over for one of their classy $60 garden gnomes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Opener Brian Bennett scored a classy unbeaten 64 to guide Zimbabwe to 169-2 in their T20 World Cup clash against injury-hit Australia at Colombo's R. Premadasa Stadium on Friday.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

And he never allowed it to make him classy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

But in person, at least, he was clearly going for classy over coarse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

I spent a lot of time on Earth wishing I could be as classy as Vera.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King