dandy

Very good or pleasing.

• That's a dandy idea.
• This is a dandy little tool for opening jars.
• They did a dandy job repairing the fence.

Similar words: great, excellent, splendid

Opposites: terrible, awful

Common phrases: dandy idea, dandy little tool, just dandy

Good and satisfactory, although there may still be problems or room for improvement.

• Everything seems fine and dandy so far.
• That's fine and dandy, but who will pay?
• The plan sounds all fine and dandy until you look at the cost.

Similar words: fine, satisfactory, acceptable

Opposites: unsatisfactory

Common phrases: fine and dandy, all fine and dandy

Showing a man's great concern with fashionable clothes and elegant appearance.

• He copied his uncle's dandy style.
• His dandy appearance attracted attention in the village.
• The actor's dandy clothes matched his careful manners.

Similar words: foppish, dandified

Common phrases: dandy style, dandy manners, dandy appearance

A man who pays a great deal of attention to his clothes, appearance, and elegant manners.

• He was a dandy in a silk suit.
• The young dandies wore bright waistcoats.
• A fashionable dandy entered the café with a silver walking stick.

Similar words: fop, beau

Common phrases: well-dressed dandy, fashionable dandy, young dandy

An open seat hanging from poles, used to carry a person.

• Two porters carried her in a dandy.
• The dandy hung from long wooden poles.
• Travelers used dandies on the steep mountain paths.

Similar words: sedan chair, litter

Common phrases: ride a dandy, carried by dandy, dandy bearers