classy
/ˈklɑːsi
/adjective (classier, classiest) informal
Stylish and sophisticated: the hotel is classy but relaxed...
- It is an extremely well made movie, and a smart, classy bit of social comment.
- The classy curls, gels, trendy perms, and chic colours have not seemed to inspire us!
- The atmosphere is quite classy and cool and it's stylishly decorated with lovely leather seats.
Synonyms
stylish, high-class, superior, exclusive, chic, elegant, smart, sophisticated, fancy;
expensive;
British upmarket;
North American high-toned, upscale
informal posh, ritzy, plush, plushy, swanky, snazzy
British informal swish
North American informal swank, tony
US informal on fleek, dicty
Derivatives
classily
- Steven King's prison novel is classily rendered with Tom Hanks starring as the benevolent prison warder tending to death row inmates.
- This classily produced and coolly graceful set features chunky Hot Club rhythm-guitar backings, lazily driving blues and subtly underplayed Hammond organ breaks.
- His keyboard didn't work (glitch at the mixing desk) but he handled it very classily, and just kept on playing songs on guitar instead.
classiness
- We heard over and over about Peck's impeccable gentlemanliness and old-school liberal decency, Hepburn's aristocratic east coast classiness, and Bob Hope's patriotism.
- They became instant legends, remembered as much for the classiness of their play as for the result.
- On every one of its 500 pages one cannot help admiring the sheer classiness of writing that is the literary equivalent of leather upholstery.