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flyness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From fly + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable) The 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:
    • 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: