fanciness
- a word derived from fancy.
Example Sentences
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“We didn’t want to put our whole careers in jeopardy just for the fanciness of coming together because we are friends. There had to be a reason: the maker and the subject.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
There are sites like Etsy, First Dibs, Object Limited, the Real Real and Depop, where sellers can list items of various degrees of fanciness.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
The “card” itself contains just 25 words, but it includes four separate typefaces, including Courier New, the ’80s fanciness signifier Chancery, and the much-mocked Comic Sans.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2019
How he loved the furniture and clothes of that era, their fanciness, their fussiness: the watch fobs, the quilted dressing gowns!
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
His anxiety at the fanciness of the restaurant is eased by the casual, boisterous manner of the group.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
