flyness

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noun

The quality of being sharp or smart in appearance.

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Meanings

nounflyness (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountableAfrican-American VernacularThe quality of being sharp or smart in appearance.

    The charismatic 29-year-old Harlemite is the premier gladiator in a subterranean realm where the quest for flyness is the prime directive.

    1999, Vibe, volume 7, numbers 1-2
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    The fly personae in these films influenced a wave of black contemporary youth who resurrected flyness and its continuum in hip-hop culture.

    2004, Cheryl Lynette Keyes, Rap music and street consciousness, page 194

Origin

From fly + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

flyness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyness

MLA

“flyness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flyness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyness.

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