dancy
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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“Expect upbeat, dancy and things that you really haven’t heard before,” she said of her planned set.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
That the songs are good to begin with — chunky, hooky, belty, dancy — is neither here nor there; they generally are, in shows like this, or there would be no audience to pander to.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022
In turn, Nolan played Göransson’s music for Washington — particularly demos with “the more high-energy 808s that come in, and like the fast, high, dancy tempos,” Göransson said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2021
As you watch, however, it grows less dancy and less organic; its efforts to open up the story in various directions feel unrelated to one another.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2018
I know them by heart—only they're all gay and lively, and twinkly-toe dancy.
From Mary Marie by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
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