dashing
energetic and spirited; lively: a dashing hero.
elegant and gallant in appearance and manner: a dashing young cavalry officer.
showy; stylish.
Origin of dashing
1Other words from dashing
- dash·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use dashing in a sentence
Conversation starter: will that Financial Times piece about his data kill our deft and dashingly accented Prince Oberyn?
How to Think About Economic Inequality After Thomas Piketty | Jedediah Purdy | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe same was true of Michael Vick or any other dashingly handsome man who is beyond a fool in his private entertainment choices.
Byron wrote dashingly about 'sublime Tobacco,' but I do not think he carried the practice to excess.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Troubridge's manœuvre was so dashingly performed, that the admiral could not restrain his delight and admiration.
Robert Louis Stevenson said that life is "an affair of cavalry," "a thing to be dashingly used and cheerfully hazarded."
The Meaning of Faith | Harry Emerson Fosdick
It was trimmed very dashingly with black feathers, imitation jet, and a little puff of plush—robin's-egg blue.
Vandover and the Brute | Frank NorrisIt was not alone his courage and audacious will that enabled him to career so dashingly among his compeers.
The Oregon Trail | Francis Parkman, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for dashing
/ (ˈdæʃɪŋ) /
spirited; lively: a dashing young man
stylish; showy: a dashing hat
Derived forms of dashing
- dashingly, adverb
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