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flyness

flyness noun: the quality of being sharp or smart in appearance.

Noun

flyness (uncountable)

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) The quality of being sharp or smart in appearance.
    • The charismatic 29-year-old Harlemite is the premier gladiator in a subterranean realm where the quest for flyness is the prime directive.1999, Vibe, volume 7, numbers 1-2
    • The fly personae in these films influenced a wave of black contemporary youth who resurrected flyness and its continuum in hip-hop culture.2004, Cheryl Lynette Keyes, Rap music and street consciousness, page 194

Origin of flyness

From fly + -ness.

Questions about flyness

What does flyness mean?
Flyness means the quality of being sharp or smart in appearance.
What part of speech is flyness?
Flyness is a noun.

Words near flyness in the dictionary

  1. flymakers
  2. flyman
  3. flymen
  4. flymph
  5. flymphs
  6. flyness
  7. flynet
  8. flynets
  9. Flynn
  10. Flynn effect
  11. Flynn effects

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