Both Uses of
debonair
in
The Adventures of Augie March
- So we licked spoons and I was in general sociable, helpful, debonair, and thought of the two colors of my silk suspenders and the fit of my shirt, Simon's gifts.†
Chpt 12 *
- And then the principal figure came out with a spring; he was very gingery and energetic, debonair, sharp, acute in the beard.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(debonair) having a sophisticated charm (typically said of a man)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus