dandy
noun
a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
dandiest
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superlativeof dandy.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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“The amazing Master Tool Corporation, a subsidiary of Fly-By-Night Industries, has entrusted who? Me! To show you! The handiest and the dandiest kitchen tool you’ve ever seen.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
“As a young writer, I was the dandiest, cleverest wit and wise guy — a cinch if one possesses the meager gifts,” he writes.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2020
Of course, he looks great: a steel-grey silver fox, these days, but still flash in light parka and kick flares, quite the dandiest man in Blacks, the Soho club where we meet.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2010
Christopher Isherwood, that permanently promising young man, seemed during the '30s to be the two dandiest literary dactyls since Joyce's Malachai Mulligan.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If we just had some grease that would make the dandiest pole to play Fourth of July with!" he shouted.
From A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
