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Meanings of debonnaire in English

Having a sophisticated charm.

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Usage of debonnaire in English
1
From the waist upwards I was unconcerned and even debonnaire.
The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales
2
Louis shrugged like a Frenchman, looked debonnaire, and said 'Good-night.'
Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 1
3
Young Bansemer in his khaki uniform was not the immaculate, debonnaire man of the drawing-room.
Jane Cable
4
And they all demanded a hero, debonnaire and balanced.
The Research Magnificent
5
The debonnaire expression passed over his face, as he glanced around, saying, 'You are right.
Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 1
6
He had never seen her so radiantly debonnaire; yet her heart was full of annoying anxiety.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac: The Story of a Lost Napoleon. Volu...
7
He was debonnaire in his smart summer clothing.
Little Miss By-The-Day
8
Handsome, dashing, debonnaire, he approaches a field of battle as a light-hearted schoolboy approaches a football field.
The Great Boer War
9
Yet here she was, debonnaire and fresh and perfectly appointed-andah, so terribly neat and spectacularly finessed!
You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deser...
10
This is the complete three-volume French edition, with red and gold cover, smart and debonnaire like its author.
Through the Magic Door
11
They smoked silently for a moment-Verisschenzko'sCalmuck face fixed and inscrutable and Denzil's debonnaire English one usually grave.
The Price of Things
12
He was debonnaire and smiling.
The Amazing Interlude
13
But the aspects of the wearers of warlike accoutrements are debonnaire and smiling, as of revellers on a holiday of peace.
The Parisians — Complete
14
Here is the debonnaire animal finally titivated, and I quite agree, much improved, though I mourn the loss of some of the spice.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2
15
There was a debonnaire assurance about him, the air of a man who thought he understood women, and indeed did understand a certain type.
Constance Dunlap
16
The more he is set down and sneered at, the more debonnaire he looks, till I could rave at him for taking it so easily.'
Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 1
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