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Definition of Swanky
1. Adjective. Imposingly fashionable and elegant. "A swank apartment"
Definition of Swanky
1. Adjective. Rather posh, elegant, ritzy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swanky
1. swank [adj SWANKIER, SWANKIEST] : SWANKILY [adv] - See also: swank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swanky
Literary usage of Swanky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"His cousin was a bierly swank, swanky, в. An active or clever young fellow. ...
swanky, adj.] Add; 2. swanky is applied to a person who ..."
2. The Celtic Monthly: A Magazine for Highlanders (1900)
""Dream or no dream, my lad, there was never a piobaireachd like that put on the
pipes but the swanky man, with the danger in his eyes, played it. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"swanky, a tight, strapping young fellow or girl. " At e'en at the gloamin, ...
swanky, small beer. Flowers of the Forest. ..."
4. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"swanky, i. An active or clever young fellow, 8. Dovelas. A. Bor. ... swanky, adj.
1. Perh. empty ; hungry. Dunbar. 2. Applied to one who is tall, but lank, ..."
5. Yorkshire Folk-talk: With Characteristics of Those who Speak it in the North by Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris (1892)
"Svang (the hollow of the sole of the foot). swanky, adj. C. Strong and large of
its kind. ... Ex.— Your Tom 's a lang swanky chap gotten. Swape, n. ..."
6. Yorkshire Folk-talk: With Characteristics of Those who Speak it in the North by Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris (1892)
"Svang (the hollow of the sole of the foot). swanky, adj. C. Strong and large of
its kind. ... Ex.— Your Tom 's a lang swanky chap gotten. Swape, n. ..."
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