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debonair

UK /ˌdɛbəˈneə(ɹ)/US /ˌdɛbəˈnɛɹ/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 2

adjective3

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Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
- She was a New York City person. Sacco is nervy and sassy and sort of debonair. — 2015
Charming, confident, and carefully dressed.
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(no longer used) Gracious, courteous.
- Let be that Ladie debonaire, / Thou recreant knight, and soone thy selfe prepaire / To battell […]. — 1590

noun1

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(no longer used) Debonaire behaviour; graciousness.
- But yet, shall my vanity extend only to personals, such as the gracefulness of dress, my debonnaire, and my assurance—Self-taught, self-acquired, these! — 1748

forms

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