debonair
adjective
courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm.
debonairness
-
a word derived from
debonair.
Example Sentences
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His debonairness reminded me of Gaston Cheverny’s, at the same age, for the young Austrian was little past 276 twenty.
From Francezka by Molly Elliot Seawell
To Him thou art turned, when His grace illumines thine heart; and forsakes all vices, and conforms it to virtues and good manners, and to all manner of compliance and debonairness.
From The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises by Geraldine Emma Hodgson
I believe so, said I. - Then I’ll go to the Duke, by heaven! with all the gaiety and debonairness in the world.
From A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne
