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It’s a fantasy forest sprung to life, complete with a centerpiece tree and felt and ceramic sculptures of dapperly dressed felines and canines.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

They were medium-handsome, in their 70s, and dressed dapperly in khaki slacks and navy sport coats bearing name tags that identified them as Bill and Frank.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

Instead the only pictures of Bashir that have emerged are those where he is clean-shaven, dapperly dressed, flanked by security guards and a scampering entourage.

From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2019

When a dapperly dressed man goes into an open-eyed trance, his cohorts chant to bring him back with an increasingly frenetic howl that’s matched by Coleman, on the soundtrack, playing the violin ever more frantically.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2016

"My lord," he said, dapperly, "here are the names of these night birds."

From If I Were King by McCarthy, Justin