dandily

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dan·dy

(dăn′dē)

n. pl. dan·dies

1. A man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; a fop.

2. Something very good or agreeable.

3. Nautical See yawl.

adj. dan·di·er, dan·di·est

1. Suggestive of or attired like a dandy; foppish.

2. Fine; good.

[Perhaps short for jack-a-dandy, fop.]

dan′di·ly adv.

dan′dy·ish adj.

dan′dy·ish·ly adv.

dan′dy·ism n.

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Adv.

dandily - in a dandy manner; "she had shown her talents dandily"

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