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classy

adjectivenouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈklɑːsi//
  • United Kingdom//ˈklæsi//

Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.

adjective

  1. 1

    Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.

    That's a very classy outfit you're wearing.

  2. 2

    Of a superior type; especially, exhibiting admirable personal qualities.

    Ignoring his coarse insults was a classy response.

    Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.

Etymology

From class + -y. Piecewise doublet of classic.

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of khalasiobsoleteObsolete form of khalasi.

Forms

plural
classies
comparative
classier
superlative
classiest
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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