Antonyms for jazzy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : jaz-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæz i


Definition of jazzy

Origin :
  • 1919, from jazz (n.) + -y (2). Related: Jazzily; jazziness.
  • adj fancy
Example sentences :
  • Music not jazzy enough, and she says 'the floor is gritty'; we'll have to fix that.
  • Extract from : « Under the Law » by Edwina Stanton Babcock
  • Sedately Betty walked downstairs, but just then Doris sat down at the piano and began a gay, jazzy tune.
  • Extract from : « Betty Lee, Senior » by Harriet Pyne Grove
  • The crying voice of the gambling-house barker rode in over the clang and brass of jazzy music, but he couldn't turn the tip.
  • Extract from : « The Glory of Ippling » by Helen M. Urban
  • More capricious and jazzy measures have their day but the waltz endures forever!
  • Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
  • By the time I debarked for the fifth time, I was whistling the tune with jazzy improvisations in a mixed-up tempo.
  • Extract from : « Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom » by Cory Doctorow

Synonyms for jazzy

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