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
Anyone who may still think of Everett as Julia Roberts’ dashingly wry boss-buddy George in “Wedding” may find the actor unrecognizable here under serious makeup and prosthetics as the dying, dissolute Wilde.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2018
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
The dashingly good looking Moto 360 and the outsized Samsung Gear S both gain legitimacy by being compared to the Apple Watch.
From The Verge ● Sep. 23, 2014
One thing that made my heart race was how Sahil could be so adorkable around me sometimes, tripping over his shoes and stuff, and other times, he was so smoothly, dashingly confident.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
