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modishness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | chic, chichi, chicness, last word, smartness, stylishness, swank |
| Type of | elegance |
| Has types | dapperness, jauntiness, nattiness, rakishness |
| Derivation | modish |
Examples of modishness
modishness
Leavis and his literary criticism had a modishness that is very dated nowadays.
From the guardian.co.uk
You'd have to be quite a salesman to get me to do this out of a sense of modishness.
From the guardian.co.uk
What do medical ethics or traditions weigh when measured against modishness?
From the time.com
Here liveliness and modishness have been, it's true, suppressed.
From the washingtonpost.com
With her mixture of conservativism and modishness, of shyness and assurance, she conveys both continuity and spontaneity.
From the time.com
There is a method in Mamet's modishness.
From the time.com
This disconnect between his home life, his day job and his newfound London modishness will be further amplified later this month.
From the independent.co.uk
Co-ops are well placed, because their historical anchor gives them a heritage that is a useful counter to the modishness of much of the newer developments.
From the guardian.co.uk
As befits a strong journal editor, he has a good nose for intellectual modishness and a healthy resistance to taking every shift in scientific fashion at face value.
From the economist.com
- Chic: elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- (modishly) smartly: in a stylish manner; "He was smartly dressed"
- (Modishly) Mod (from modernist) is a subculture that originated in London, England in the late 1950s and peaked in the early to mid 1960s.
