He was not disappointed by the stylishness of the Avenue Habib Bourguiba, the main artery in Tunis, the olive groves and the sheer gorgeousness of the island of Djerba (where 19 tourists were killed in an al-Qaida attack in 2002).
"Any man who seeks power through truth is either a fool or a loser," he reflects.Some readers may find the large cast taxing, while the Chandleresque dialogue, in its very stylishness, precludes intimacy.
It was in the 16th century that maniera was first consistently used in art criticism to indicate a definable quality that of stylishness.
Giorgio Vasari, who is known chiefly for his biographies of artists (some of whom were his contemporaries) but who was also an architect and painter, indeed a Mannerist himself, attributed this absolute quality of stylishness to Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael, and, above all, to artists of his own day who had learned their styles from studying these great masters.
Commentators said the outfit, which had a single shoulder strap and was flecked with organza flowers and crystals, helped Mrs Obama, 45, strike a perfect balance between stylishness and formality.
She loved clothes, an expression of her innate stylishness – Juliet once began a school essay: "My mother is a woman of fashion".
Of course, for glam stylishness, the iPad mini with Retina display is stunning and it even has the same super-fast chip found in the iPad Air.
With the elegantly cut suits and brightly coloured ties that were his one concession to stylishness, he looked like a very expensive, very discreet and very wise lawyer – which is exactly what he was as well.
After a stirring assault on the French, whose stylishness Mr Clegg compared favourably to our own, Trevor touched with wonted lightness on the latter's foreign blood and questionable loyalty to his country of birth.
LM: Ultimately, stylishness is confidence and that comes from your belly and heart.
Four-poster beds and wrought-iron tables, meanwhile, bring a quirky stylishness to the sleeping quarters.
