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debonair
/ ˌɛəˈɛə /
adjective
- suave and refined
- carefree; light-hearted
- courteous and cheerful; affable
Derived Forms
- ˌˈԲ, adverb
- ˌˈԲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- o·Բl adverb
- o·Բn noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of debonair1
Word History and Origins
Origin of debonair1
Example Sentences
Vargas Llosa’s air of debonair intellectual only added to the package: a writer for the New Statesman once described him as “tall, good-looking and with the social graces of the Latin American elite.”
Manilow asked the crowd of the debonair record executive who helped shepherd him to stardom.
Tall, debonair and handsome, Hassilev also was the sex symbol of the trio.
This lack of social synchrony can land even the most debonair droid in the “uncanny valley.”
“Their conversations aren’t all stylized and coy and debonair. They say the kinds of things that you would hear in bed at the end of the day with the person that you’re closest to.”
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