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When you are adept at something, you are very good, skillful, or talented at it.
Someone who is adroit is skillful and clever, especially in thought, behavior, or action.
Someone who has a bilious personality is highly irritable and bad-tempered.
Someone who has a bristling personality is easily offended, annoyed, or angered.
A person with a great deal of charisma is able to highly influence others because they are easily able to inspire loyalty and create enthusiasm through personal charm.
Someone who is churlish is impolite and unfriendly, especially towards another who has done nothing to deserve ill-treatment.
A man who is dapper has a very neat and clean appearance; he is both fashionable and stylish.
A man who is debonair is sophisticated, charming, friendly, and confident.
Decorous appearance or behavior is respectable, polite, and appropriate for a given occasion.
A deft movement or action is made quickly and with skill.
Someone who is diffident is shy, does not want to draw notice to themself, and is lacking in self-confidence.
If someone exhibits finesse in something, they do it with great skill and care; this most often refers to handling difficult situations that might easily offend people.
Flair can either refer to a natural talent that you possess or the ability you have to make the most of your personal style.
If someone or something is flamboyant, the former is trying to show off in a way that deliberately attracts attention, and the latter is brightly colored and highly decorated.
A gauche person behaves in an awkward and unsuitable way in public because they lack social skills.
A genteel person is well-mannered, has good taste, and is very polite in social situations; a genteel person is often from an upper-class background.
Someone who is ineffectual at a task is useless or ineffective when attempting to do it.
Someone who is inept is unable or unsuitable to do a job; hence, they are unfit for it.
Someone who is nonchalant is very relaxed and appears not to be worried about anything.
To be politic in a decision is to be socially wise and diplomatic.
If you are suave, you are charming and very polite; you are also agreeable, perhaps not always sincerely, to all you meet.
To act in an uncouth manner is to be awkward and unmannerly.
Someone who is ungainly is clumsy or awkward; something ungainly can be difficult to use, primarily because of its size or weight.
An unkempt person or thing is untidy and has not been kept neat.
If you say someone’s behavior is unseemly, you disapprove of it because it is not in good taste or not suitable for a particular situation.
If you behave in an urbane way, you are behaving in a polite, refined, and civilized fashion in social situations.
A yokel is uneducated, naive, and unsophisticated; they do not know much about modern life or ideas because they sequester themselves in a rural setting.
Noun
panache
puh-NASH
Context
Most rock stars have a certain panache, or confident style, that sets them apart from others. Some wear highly noticeable crazy clothing, others strut about the stage with great self-confidence, and still others show their panache or richly colored spirit in their choice of face paint. Their social position in life is supported by their energetic social know-how or panache, a style that is unique and eye-catching.
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What is an example of someone with panache?
A store owner who regularly cheats their customers by overcharging them.
A person at a concert who pushes their way up to the front row to get a better view.
A skilled politician who is adored by the public for their charm and grace.
Don't Panic. Panache! If you're ever in a panic about doing something, just take it easy and do it with panache instead!
Examples
In the stories, [Sherlock] Holmes was “enveloped” in an Ulster, a long, single-breasted coat with a small collar and an attached a hip-length cape. . . . These have morphed over time into one stately, billowing garment, lending the character the mystery and panache of a superhero.
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The Atlantic
Sugar snap peas are the unsung heroes of the vegetable family. . . . They can do anything a baby carrot can do, with just a little more panache and sophistication.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
This stately, gated house just off Lake St. Clair was built by a retired general, then bought by Bill Ford, then Kirk Gibson. But it is the current owners who tore down walls, opened up vistas with arches and columns, built a lavish bar and a lavish owners' suite. This combination of traditional elegance and sun-drenched panache makes it a special place.
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Detroit Free Press
Swing [music] is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a feeling in the context of very strict time. So, everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.
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Wynton Marsalis, American jazz musician
A panache is a bunch of little feathers worn as a plume on a hat or helmet, symbolically conferring to the bearer panache, or “self-confident style.”
Word Theater
WNBA: Sheryl Swoopes Highlight Reel Swoopes demonstrates her skill and poise on the basketball court—what panache!
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