dapper

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Rakell Foye supplied the period costumes—the Devil got a dapper suit and hat, and Robert’s outfit changed from country-boy drab to a slick purple outfit when he became the Delta King.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Times writer described Brown, always dapper and cool, as a piece of living art.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

The genial, dapper TV host with the gleaming smile and perfectly coiffed hair had hosted two local TV game shows in L.A. before going national with “What’s This Song?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

It is very dapper for a straight man, but it couldn't be more boring for Tan France.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

The old gentleman was thinner and wrinkled now but as dapper as ever.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison