Raffish is an English word with synonyms like rakish or stylish. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Raffish in a sentence
Raffish meaning
- Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish.
- Low-class; disreputable; vulgar.
Synonyms of Raffish
Using Raffish
- The main meaning on this page is: Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish. | Low-class; disreputable; vulgar.
- Useful related words include: rakish, devil-may-care, stylish, fashionable.
Context around Raffish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Raffish
- In this selection, "raffish" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, midwestern, survivors and shanty stand out and add context to how "raffish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include her raffish midwestern look and older more raffish shanty irish. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "raffish" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with raffish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Her raffish Midwestern look contrasted bracingly with the restrictively tailored, often corseted look of her time. (16 words)
The people are booted and suited, and seem to represent a lost tribe of raffish survivors – ‘The Crust on its Uppers’. (21 words)
For example, "lace-curtain Irish" refers to middle-class Irish Americans desiring assimilation into mainstream society in counterpoint to the older, more raffish "shanty Irish". (25 words)
For example, "lace-curtain Irish" refers to middle-class Irish Americans desiring assimilation into mainstream society in counterpoint to the older, more raffish "shanty Irish". (25 words)
The people are booted and suited, and seem to represent a lost tribe of raffish survivors – ‘The Crust on its Uppers’. (21 words)
Her raffish Midwestern look contrasted bracingly with the restrictively tailored, often corseted look of her time. (16 words)
Example sentences (3)
Her raffish Midwestern look contrasted bracingly with the restrictively tailored, often corseted look of her time.
The people are booted and suited, and seem to represent a lost tribe of raffish survivors – ‘The Crust on its Uppers’.
For example, "lace-curtain Irish" refers to middle-class Irish Americans desiring assimilation into mainstream society in counterpoint to the older, more raffish "shanty Irish".