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[ US /ˌdɛbəˈnɛɹ/ ]
[ UK /dˈɛbənˌe‍ə/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having a sophisticated charm
    a debonair gentleman
  2. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
    walked with a jaunty step
    life that is gay, brisk, and debonair
    a jaunty optimist
    looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit

How To Use debonair In A Sentence

  • life that is gay, brisk, and debonair
  • And she, warm with what Dick had just told of him, pleasured at the goodly sight of him, dwelling with her eyes on the light, high poise of head, the careless, sun-sanded hair, and the lightness, almost debonaireness, of his carriage despite his weight of body and breadth of shoulders. CHAPTER XXIII
  • Matthew Risch, lately of "Pal Joey," is smooth and debonair as Sky Masterson, the high-rolling sharpie who wins the heart of Miss Sarah Brown Morgan James, the dishy Salvation Army doll who longs to save the souls of all the heels on Broadway. Joy in Runyonland
  • The first semi-final round will have the debonair Tony O'Neill, representing 3: AM Magazine, facing off against the fetching Maureen Tkacik (pronounced "Tay-sick," the announcer is told), representing The Crier or something. July 2007
  • Dressed in a beige, linen Ermenegildo Zegna suit, he was every bit the suave, debonair businessman.
  • He strolled about, looking very debonair in his elegant new suit.
  • The new story is set in a contemporary urban setting with Red as a sexy adult nightclub entertainer, the Wolf a debonair skirt chaser, and Grandma an oversexed man-chaser.
  • He sang poetic songs of love and regret in a warm, expressive voice laced with debonair Gallic charm. Times, Sunday Times
  • He sang poetic songs of love and regret in a warm, expressive voice laced with debonair Gallic charm. Times, Sunday Times
  • He grew into a dapper and debonair-seeming man who modelled himself on the film star Ronald Coleman.
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