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GROOVY (groovier, grooviest)

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English dictionary: Word overview

GROOVY (adjective)
  The adjective GROOVY has 2 senses:

1. very good
2. (British informal) very chic

  Familiarity information: GROOVY used as an adjective is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


GROOVY (adjective)


Sense 1groovy [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Very good

Synonyms:

smashing; slap-up; peachy; not bad; nifty; groovy; dandy; cracking; corking; bully; bang-up; swell; keen; great; neat

Context examples:

he did a bully job / a neat sports car / had a great time at the party / you look simply smashing

Similar:

good (having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


Sense 2groovy [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

(British informal) very chic

Synonyms:

swagger; groovy

Context example:

groovy clothes

Similar:

fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


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