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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