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Meanings of rakishness in English

Catalan
galania
Spanish
gracia

Stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance.

        galania
        Usage of rakishness in English
        1
        I sipped, death in my heart, and rakishness in my face and gesture.
        The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
        2
        Dundee could stand no more of Miles' complacent acceptance of his own rakishness.
        Murder at Bridge
        3
        The hat with its false front added the finishing touch of rakishness to Beth.
        A Little Florida Lady
        4
        An air of rakishness which was increased by his speech, which was rattled out in a sort of Franco-Alsatian patois.
        The Memoirs of General Baron de Marbot
        5
        He must have led a psalm-singing youth that every attempt at rakishness should make him as piquant as a figure at a masque.
        Montlivet
        6
        "But is that considered here a proof of rakishness?" asked Bernard.
        Confidence
        7
        "All the more reason," he said, infusing his voice with as much husky rakishness as he could muster.
        Too wicked to kiss
        Translations for rakishness
        Rakishness through the time