chintzy
Use Chintzy in a sentence
si adjective, chintz·i·er, chintz·i·est.
1.
of, like, or decorated with chintz.
2.
cheap, inferior, or gaudy.
3.
stingy; miserly: a chintzy way to entertain guests.
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| —adj , chintzier, chintziest | |
| 1. | of, resembling, or covered with chintz |
| 2. | informal (Brit) typical of the decor associated with the use of chintz soft furnishings, as in a country cottage |
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Chintzy
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Example sentences
If nothing else, it's a telling example of how threadbare and chintzy airline service is when things go wrong.
And once loaded, the belt gripped the hips with a particularly gentle touch, despite chintzy plastic load-bearing reinforcement.
Only a true icon makes every other product in its category seem chintzy and dated, if not totally obsolete.
And some of them might even have been called a bit chintzy.
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