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floss·y

(flô′sē, flŏs′ē)

adj. floss·i·er, floss·i·est

1. Superficially stylish; slick: wrote flossy articles about the lifestyles of the rich.

2. Of, relating to, or resembling floss.

floss′i·ly adv.

floss′i·ness n.

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flossy

(ˈflɒsɪ)

adj, flossier or flossiest

1. consisting of or resembling floss

2. informal US and Canadian (esp of dress) showy

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floss•y

(ˈflɔ si, ˈflɒs i)

adj. floss•i•er, floss•i•est.

1. made of or resembling floss; downy.

2. showily stylish; fancy: a flossy dress.

[1830–40]

floss′i•ly, adv.

floss′i•ness, n.

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Adj.

flossy - like down or as soft as down

downlike, downy, fluffy

soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight

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flossy

[ˈflɒsɪ] ADJ

1. [cloud, hair] → vaporoso, ahuecado

2. (US) (= showy) → llamativo, espectacular, ostentoso

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Marion had never dropped a fallen friend and hadn't a pennyweight of New York brutality; had been so loyal to her high school, Evander Childs, in the Bronx, that she'd refused a proffered transfer to the much flossier Hunter College High, near midtown in Manhattan; then insisted on going to City College, like a good Evander graduate, until her older brother leaned on her to accept a scholarship to Barnard.