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Meaning of 'fashionable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fashionable [ a.]
- Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.
- Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions.
- Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man.
- Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society.
2 . Fashionable [ n.]
- A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Meaning of 'fashionable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fashionable [ a]
Meaning (1):
- being or in accordance with current social fashions
Example in sentence:
  • a fashionable cafe;
  • fashionable clothing;
  • the fashionable side of town
Meaning (2):
- having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
Example in sentence:
  • a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey;
  • the stylish resort of Gstadd

Nearby Words:

fasces fascet fascia fasciae fascial fasciate fasciated fasciation fascicle fascicled

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