swanky
/ˈswaŋki
/adjective (swankier, swankiest) informal
1Stylishly luxurious and expensive: directors with swanky company cars...
- My new gym is very expensive and somewhat swanky.
- My attempts at coolness were almost spoiled during a very important meeting at the extremely swanky and expensive Cap D' Antibes Hotel.
- Bangalore's crime cells are pushing for the corporate look - swanky and stylish.
1.1Using one’s wealth, knowledge, or achievements to try to impress others.The seating area looks good too, with walled booths creating a modern and very (self-consciously) swanky impression.
Derivatives
swankily
- I take myself off to the basement homeware department of Peter Jones's swankily renovated store in Sloane Square.
- You could dismiss this swankily shot Latin American trifle as an upscale soap opera, but that would be an insult to soap operas.
- It's a swankily appointed show car created in 2004 to show then suitor Shanghai Automotive it could come up with a marketable design in, like, 90 minutes.
swankiness
- But it wasn't until he landed a sous job at Boston's Mistral - a hot spot for foodies - that he realized swankiness does not mean happiness when home is a four-hour drive from his favorite slopes.
- Depending on the swankiness of the place where it is served and the origins of the beer itself it can go up to €4.50.
- So we talk about the passing parade of people, and order caviar and wine and bask in the swankiness of it all.