swanky

Related to swanky: treated, thesaurus, overrated, inevitability, fancy, expedite, frazzled

swanky

1. Particularly classy, elegant, stylish, or fashionable. Wow, what a swanky apartment you have! I've gotta say, that was one swanky suit he was wearing!
2. adjective Pretentious, ostentatious, or swaggering in one's movement or manner. He had become enormously wealthy and successful after starting up his own company, but he never acted too swanky to hang out with the friends he grew up with. I don't take seriously the criticism of swanky writers who are more concerned with their own wordplay than the content of their criticism.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

swanky

(ˈswæŋki)
mod. classy; ritzy. This place is too swanky. I like to eat where I can pronounce the names of the food.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • swish
  • snazzy
  • shnazzy
  • snitzy
  • ingratiate
  • ingratiate (oneself) into (something)
  • ingratiate oneself into
  • ingratiate oneself with
  • ingratiate (oneself) with (someone)
  • classy
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THERE'S a new addition to Saturday nightlife in Stratford this weekend when Swanky, formerly based in Birmingham, moves to the Bureau in Arden Street.
Sitting on the wrong side of Caroline Street (the side that's escaped the gentrification), it's dwarfed by the swanky glass palaces of the Brewery Quarter opposite and is the sort of place that's easy to miss.
According to Roger Eulau, senior director, and Matt Cohen, director, at The Lansco Corporation, the transaction completes leasing at the swanky 135,000 s/f retail and office building, where they are the exclusive leasing agents.
Modern girl, striped tights and sparkly shoes transform a sweet dress from simple to swanky.
She learns her new friend is a lesbian and lives with her partner in a swanky brownstone townhouse.
Mexican chain Posadas and global giants such as Hilton and Four Seasons, along with local investors, are planning to open more hotels in the downtown area as well as the up-and-coming E1 Golf financial district, located in the swanky eastern side of the city.
We see him fretting about a meet-and-greet with the national political journalists at a swanky countryside villa.