with a flair
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5.2
- idiom
:
con estilo
- Salman Latif is a software engineer with a flair for mass media and social sciences, and a persistent yearning for literature.
- with a flair for the dramatic
- artists with a flair
Examples
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He designed the interior with a flair that made the space feel both inviting and original.
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The Country Club and The Game Station, filmmakers with a flair for dressing up video-game classics in action-film tropes, have struck again with this.
Blog text (21) -
Board members granted Rogers almost unlimited authority to conduct the business, and he did so with a flair for extravagance.
Academic text (1998) -
Miss Perkins patted her lips with the napkin and put it back in her lap with a flair.
Fiction book (1992) -
Groundbreaking for the Shippingport plant was performed with a flair worthy of Rube Goldberg.
Academic text (2007) -
Workplace style tends to spend a lot of time in conservative land, so it's nice to see business tycoons with a flair for color, detail, and handbags that cost more than a surrogate mother.
Blog text (8) -
Weathers is a soulful troubadour with a flair for old school rock 'n' roll and just enough of a hint of country to keep everything quintessentially Texan.
Blog text (24) -
The chef prepared the meal with a flair that impressed all the guests.
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Her performance on stage was with a flair, capturing the audience's admiration.
Synonyms
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3.9
In a way that shows skill and creativity in art
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6.3
In a way that shows the typical look, sound, or way of doing things
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5.7
Do something in a showy way to get attention
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4.1
In a creative way that uses new ideas
In a stylish and confident way that impresses people
In a decorated and stylish way
Antonyms
How Stylish
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'in a stylish or skillful manner' is directly derivable from combining 'with' (indicating manner/accompaniment) + 'a' + 'flair' (natural talent for stylish/original tasks); the phrase simply uses the noun to express manner. This compositional pattern (preposition + noun to signal manner) is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should comprehend it.
Etymology
With a flair may come from the image of a small, showy move or 'flourish', like a quick gesture a performer makes to get attention. That's why doing something with a flair means doing it in a stylish, skillful way.