high style

noun

1. the most up-to-date, elegant, or exclusive fashion, especially in clothing.

Other Words From

• high-style adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of high style¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Jetha and Ryan, with boldness, humor, and high style, offer a better, wiser, and healthier alternative.

From The Daily Beast

He wrote in the High Style, after Bellow, and declared war on cliché.

From The Daily Beast

These, combined with his assured high style, had woven him the magical coat, threadbare to quiet scrutiny.

From Project Gutenberg

He then went to his mother, and talked to her, in a high style, of his desperate intentions with respect to Henry Campbell.

From Project Gutenberg

And, to send Selim off in high style, he ordered Dick to bring down his new saddle and holsters, with his silver-mounted pistols.

From Project Gutenberg

People don't turn out what they're meant, who have Irish kitchens and high-style parlors, all alike.

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Turning to domestic policy—we gave it to the Whigs in high style.

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