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The group's modishness as an unproven "virtual" company with few tangible assets made it all the more vulnerable to a backlash when investors became disappointed.
As befits a strong journal editor, he has a good nose for intellectual modishness and a healthy resistance to taking every shift in scientific fashion at face value.
The relationship between the modishness of the Flore and the unmodishness of the Deux Magots isn't just possibly arbitrary.
Cited as evidence were his blatant modishness , as exemplified by a pompadour hair style; his eagerness to give autographs; an annual income greater than the annual earnings of the Musical Ride of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; consorting with flashy female persons without introducing them to his family; and lastly — and most inflammatory to all Canadians — showing off and liking it.
Should this sudden modishness be a surprise?
The splinter organisation was named the British League of Racing Cyclists, and its rebellious adherents, known as "Leaguers", distinguished themselves by their modishness , their postwar working-class confidence and their attire.
The British Library is the reverse - nobody could accuse it of modishness , and its arrangement is eminently functional.
The scotch egg needs no introduction – their English origins (they were created by Fortnum & Mason of Piccadilly in 1738), metropolitan modishness and comedy potential having already been thoroughly chewed over, digested, and the crumbs left out for the wasps on these pages.
Yet my experiences in the salons and at the stand-up recitals of the new literary scene suggest that, despite the occasional piece of irritating modishness , the hyperbole with which some events are trumpeted and the odd ropy performance, there is an energy and invention on offer that the established scene and its practitioners might do well to allow to rub off on them.
Elegantly designed by Bunny Christie to evoke a world of minimalist modishness , this is a production that convinces one that Marber's play is much more than the product of its time.
"For all its modishness , its finger knowingly on the jittery pulse of our times, Hari Kunzru's second novel is at heart that rather old-fashioned thing, the tale of an Innocent Abroad," observed Christopher Hart in the Independent on Sunday of Transmission.
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The term "modishness" functions as a noun , referring to the quality or state of being modish, that is, fashionable or conforming to the current fashion. Ludwig examples showcase it describing qualities of style, design, or even organizational approaches.
Expression frequency: Common
