Literary notes about Debonair (AI summary)
In literature, debonair is frequently employed to evoke an image of effortless charm and refined elegance. Writers use the term to characterize figures whose attractive grace often blends sophistication with a carefree, sometimes roguish, confidence. Whether describing a youthful, almost aristocratic appeal that radiates nobility and light-heartedness ([1], [2]), or imbuing a character with a strikingly poised and unflappable demeanor in social or even perilous circumstances ([3], [4], [5]), debonair serves as a versatile marker of style and personality. It may also lend a touch of irony or layered complexity as seen when it contrasts with darker or more unexpected traits ([6], [7]), thus enriching character portrayal with both visual and emotional nuance.
- Take her, fair queen, use her as she deserves: She's fair, she's noble, chaste, and debonair.
— from A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08 - what avails that she was fair, Luminous, blithe, and debonair?
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 7 (of 8) by William Wordsworth - The man, a debonair young fellow, stroked his little black moustache reflectively.
— from My Lady of the North by Randall Parrish - He was in his most cheerful and debonair humour.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle - It—it is connected with the secret, and I am bound by a promise——" "Which I think we must persuade you to break," interrupted the debonair attorney.
— from The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance by May Agnes Fleming - He has every point that goes to the making of a handsome and debonair cavalier, but he has the pale blue eyes of a murderer.
— from The Cottage on the Fells by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole - Only once in his career did the 'disgraceful Scotsman' become gay and debonair.
— from A Book of Scoundrels by Charles Whibley
