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flashier

flashier is the comparative form of flashy.

Meaning of flashy

Adjective

flashy (comparative flashier, superlative flashiest)

  1. Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
    • The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.
  2. Marked by frequent variations in water amount (compare flash flood).
    • Flow criteria were used for classification […] The criteria chosen were […] (4) the rate of change of flow with time (logged serial correlation coefficients are 0.2 in flashy rivers, but up to 0.98 in stable ones); and (5) the velocity associated with average daily flows (this varies from 1.03 m/s...2014 May 8, S. M. Haslam, River Plants of Western Europe, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24
  3. (dated, poetic) Flashing; producing flashes.
    • a flashy light
    Synonyms:
    blinking, fulgorous
  4. (archaic) Drunk; tipsy.
    • Indeed, he was 'dithguthted' at his condition; and if upon the occasion just described he had allowed himself to be somewhat 'intoxicated with liquor,' I must aver that I do not recollect another instance in which this worthy little gentleman suffered himself to be similarly overtaken. Now and then...1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

Questions about flashier

What is flashier the comparative form of?
Flashier is the comparative form of flashy.

Words near flashier in the dictionary

  1. flashforwarded
  2. flashforwarding
  3. flashforwards
  4. flashgun
  5. flashguns
  6. flashier
  7. flashiest
  8. flashily
  9. flashin'
  10. flashiness
  11. flashinesses

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