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swankier

swankier is the comparative form of swanky.

Meaning of swanky

Adjective

swanky (comparative swankier, superlative swankiest)

  1. (informal) Rather posh, elegant, ritzy.
    • His manner never had been modest or retiring. Now it was unmistakably swanky; he was putting on side to an extent that made fellows who observed him smile and shrug their shoulders.1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Tale-Bearer in Chief
    Synonyms:
    swank, swankish

Questions about swankier

What is swankier the comparative form of?
Swankier is the comparative form of swanky.

Words near swankier in the dictionary

  1. swankers
  2. swankest
  3. swankey
  4. swankeys
  5. swankie
  6. swankier
  7. swankies
  8. swankiest
  9. swankily
  10. swankiness
  11. swanking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swankier (page history and authors); swanky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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