classy
adjective
of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.
classiness
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a word derived from
classy.
Example Sentences
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I’m so terrified, but it’s part of the upper classiness of it, where I’m trying to make myself go out and do something that I never thought I would do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
He famously spent decades longing to be included in the ranks of Manhattan's social elite, imagining he had a "classiness" they were simply failing to see.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024
The rest of her allure sprang from that classiness: She was neither queen nor first lady of anything, yet she seemed, ultimately, like … a lady.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
In the lead up to the Trumps’ debut as a diplomatic duo, much was made of Mrs. Trump’s taste, her classiness, her “design background,” her general elegance.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2018
But it is neither his seriousness nor his classiness that marks Hodgson out.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
