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dapper

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dap·per /ˈdæpə $ -ər/ adjective  SMART/WELL-DRESSEDTIDYa man who is dapper is nicely dressed, has a neat appearance, and is usually small or thin 〔男子〕穿着整洁的;短小精悍的 a dapper little man in a grey suit 一身灰西装、打扮利落的小个子男人
Examples from the Corpus
dapperSkepticism fully loaded, I agreed to meet with the dapper and charming McKenna.A small dapper gentleman two seats away knocked back a shot of something and exhaled an invisible sweet cloud.Graham walked into the restaurant, looking dapper in a grey business suit.Franklin looked dapper in his gray pin-striped suit.The Captain was a dapper little man with a neat moustache and shiny shoes.I tried the next time with a very dapper man, all pinstripes and umbrella.He was a dapper man; he liked to look good.A dapper man with an aristocratic air, he was boyishly handsome, compulsively social and intensely creative.Rat remains his dapper, timeless self.
Origin dapper (1400-1500) Middle Dutch quick, strong
dap·per adjectiveChineseSyllable
has who dapper Corpus is man dressed, a is nicely


dapper
dapper /ˈdæpə $ -ər/ adjective
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Middle Dutch
 Origin: __quick, strong__
a man who is dapper is nicely dressed, has a neat appearance, and is usually small or thin:
    a dapper little man in a grey suit


dap·perBrE /ˈdæpə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdæpər/ 🔊 adjective(of a man 男人) small with a neat appearance and nice clothes 矮小利落的;衣冠楚楚的