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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having a sophisticated charm;
- Example: "a debonair gentleman"
[syn: debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave]

2. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;
- Example: "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton
- Example: "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds
- Example: "walked with a jaunty step"
- Example: "a jaunty optimist"
[syn: chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Debonair \Deb`o*nair"\, a. [OE. debonere, OF. de bon aire,
   debonaire, of good descent or lineage, excellent, debonair,
   F. d['e]bonnaire debonair; de of (L. de) + bon good (L.
   bonus) + aire. See Air, and Bounty, and cf. Bonair.]
   Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of
   good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.
   [1913 Webster]

         Was never prince so meek and debonair.   --Spenser.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

debonair
    adj 1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"
           [syn: debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave]
    2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking
       chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G.
       Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"-
       H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty
       optimist" [syn: chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "debonair":
   affable, airy, breezy, buoyant, carefree, charming, cheerful,
   civil, corky, courteous, dapper, dashing, elegant, free and easy,
   gay, genteel, gracious, insouciant, jaunty, light, light-hearted,
   lighthearted, lightsome, mannerly, nonchalant, obliging, perky,
   pleasant, polite, refined, resilient, smooth, soignee, sprightly,
   suave, urbane, well-bred