debonair
Origin of debonair
1- Also deb·o·naire, deb·on·naire .
Other words for debonair
Other words from debonair
- deb·o·nair·ly, adverb
- deb·o·nair·ness, noun
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How to use debonair in a sentence
Yet here she was, debonnaire and fresh and perfectly appointed—and ah, so terribly neat and spectacularly finessed!
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerHe had never seen her so radiantly debonnaire; yet her heart was full of annoying anxiety.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerHe seemed to be riding through life for a fall, and rode with his chin up, gay and debonnaire.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton MerrimanThen came bellows organs, first used by Louis le Debonnaire.
Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 1 | Nathaniel HawthorneI was aghast at the freedom of treasonable speech with which this very debonnaire gentleman ventured to address an utter stranger.
Bardelys the Magnificent | Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for debonair
debonnaire
/ (ˌdɛbəˈnɛə) /
suave and refined
carefree; light-hearted
courteous and cheerful; affable
Origin of debonair
1Derived forms of debonair
- debonairly, adverb
- debonairness, noun
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