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swankish

swankish adjective: synonym of swanky.

Adjective

swankish (comparative more swankish, superlative most swankish)

  1. Synonym of swanky.
    • "I was lucky. The e-mail told me to show up at the St. Regis hotel, a swankish spot in downtown DC."2015, Alexandra Petri, A Field Guide to Awkward Silences
    Synonyms:
    swanky

Synonyms of swankish

Forms of swankish

comparativemore swankish
superlativemost swankish

Origin of swankish

From swank + -ish.

Questions about swankish

What does swankish mean?
Swankish means synonym of swanky.
What part of speech is swankish?
Swankish is an adjective.

Words near swankish in the dictionary

  1. swankies
  2. swankiest
  3. swankily
  4. swankiness
  5. swanking
  6. swankish
  7. swankly
  8. swankpot
  9. swankpots
  10. swanks
  11. swanky

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