dashing
adjective
energetic and spirited; lively.
dashingly
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a word derived from
dashing.
Example Sentences
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They are posed dashingly on the diagonal, the German dog, ears pricked, stacked as if in the show ring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Like Timothée Chalamet’s dashingly coifed hero — who steers monstrous sandworms over the desert like a charioteer — Villeneuve has tamed a Leviathan.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
That was once the proposed fate for Julia Morgan’s dashingly flamboyant Herald Examiner building in downtown Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2021
Forrest begins to court her, dashingly but noncommittally, concealing the truth about his chosen profession but sometimes dropping hints that he might not be 100 percent on the level.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2018
A dashingly good-looking man with dark tousled curls stepped into the room, his hat in his hand.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
