dashy

American  

[dash-ee] / ˈdæʃ i /

adjective

dashier, dashiest

1. showy; stylish; dashing.

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Etymology

Origin of dashy

First recorded in 1815–25; dash ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

"You horrid wretch," said my Lord to Rann—   The dashy, splashy, leary little stringer— "How dare you rob a gentleman?"

From Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by Farmer, John Stephen

And I probable wuzn’t so dressy as Miss Sheba, ’tennyrate I hadn’t no crown or septer, a brown straw bunnet and umbrell meetin’ my wants better, but not nigh so dashy lookin’.

From Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Holley, Marietta

Advancing to meet them came a dashy checked suit.

From The Perils of Pauline by Goddard, Charles

It was a visitor, and he came alone—a young fellow of dashy appearance, handsome black hair and whiskers, and very black eyes.

From Cudjo's Cave by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

Oh, Tibbie, ’t is the most elegant and dashy robing that ever was!

From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester