dandy

3 definitions • 4 examples

a man, especially in the past, who dressed in expensive, fashionable clothes and was very interested in his own appearance:

an upper-class dandy

very good. This is often said as a joke when really something is not good or you are not happy about it :

Well, that's just dandy if you happen to have half a million dollars to spare.

I'm tired of pretending life is just dandy when it's not.

very good:

I’m doing just dandy, thanks.