Rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Demonstrators defiantly held up signs that read, "Ben Ali, degage!". From Wordnik.com. [Judie Fein: Why You Should Travel to Tunisia] Reference
Mais je sais aussi avoir la claaaasse "allez Lyon, degage tu m'pompes l'air!!". From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
He was handsome, degage, extremely gallant, and in his dress exceeded most others. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling] Reference
Il est tres peu travaillé mais est sans conteste celui qui degage le plus de choses quand je travaille avec. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
"Ghannouchi, degage!" the demonstrators demanded, refusing the rule of someone closely associated with Ben Ali. From Wordnik.com. [Judie Fein: Why You Should Travel to Tunisia] Reference
I thought, 'How much you pride yourself on being degage the reporter, not the leader-writer, and what a mess you make behind the scenes. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet American]
And although some Armenian Dragoman, a restless spy like all his race, occasionally remarked voila un Persan diablement degage, none, except those who were entrusted with the secret, had any idea of the part I was playing. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
Jean affected a somewhat degage manner and a perceptible swagger. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Bingle] Reference
Mr. Blithers affected a most degage manner, squinting carelessly at the Prince. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of Graustark] Reference
In a very degage manner she informed me that his lordship, a most attractive and honourable young. From Wordnik.com. [A Fool and His Money] Reference
I am afraid that the degage manner in which he paid compliment to my affluence was too much for me. From Wordnik.com. [A Fool and His Money] Reference
I voiced it (confound this self-consciousness) in a degage cheerful tone: "I suppose she can travel -- what?". From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Line] Reference
An air of gave extreme haut ton, however, pervaded her whole appearance; she wore in a graceful and degage manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3] Reference
"My aunt tells me," began Millicent at once, with that degage treatment of certain topics hitherto held sacred which obtains among young folks to-day, "that you know Loango.". From Wordnik.com. [With Edged Tools] Reference
And this Ivanhoe found to his discomfiture: for one morning at breakfast, adopting a degage air, as he sipped his tea, he said, "My love, I was thinking of going over to pay his Majesty a visit in Normandy.". From Wordnik.com. [Burlesques] Reference
'He was observant and communicative, lively and clever in conversation, having the peculiar art of making himself agreeable to ladies, old and young, degage in his manner, and on exceedingly good terms with himself.'. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century]
‘I say,’ answered Mrs Merdle composedly, ‘that you ought to make yourself fit for it by being more degage, and less preoccupied. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
` made robes 'department, you would see me in a frock coat, walking about with a degage air and directing ladies who want to buy petticoats or stockings. From Wordnik.com. [Of Human Bondage] Reference
"-- Mon Dieu! repond Smiley, toujours d'un air degage, elle est bonne pour une chose a mon avis, elle peut battre en sautant toute grenouille du comte de Calaveras. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches New and Old] Reference
And this Ivanhoe found to his discomfiture: for one morning at breakfast, adopting a degage air, as he sipped his tea, he said, “My love, I was thinking of going over to pay his. From Wordnik.com. [Rebecca and Rowena; a romance upon romance] Reference
Leader asks, with a degage air. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh] Reference
He did it in a most degage tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrow of Gold] Reference
A most degage tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrow of Gold] Reference
"in a degage manner, on one side.". From Wordnik.com. [Paul Clifford — Complete] Reference
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