dandy

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[edit] English

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[edit] Adjective

dandy (comparative dandier, superlative dandiest)

Positive
dandy

Comparative
dandier

Superlative
dandiest
  1. Like a dandy, foppish.
  2. Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
  3. Almost first rate.
    • What a dandy little laptop you have.

[edit] Translations

like a dandy
very good; better than expected but not as good as could be
almost first rate

[edit] Noun

Singular
dandy

Plural
dandies

dandy (plural dandies)

  1. A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
  2. (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.

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man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance
yawl — see yawl
small after-sail on a yawl
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