Stylishness is the quality of being stylish — the fact that a person, a thing, or a piece of work has style.

Stylishness isStylishness是 the quality of being stylish有style這件事本身的特質——the fact that a person, a thing, or a piece of work has style也就是一個人、一件東西，或一件作品具有style這個事實。

It is the noun you use when you want to talk about that quality itself rather than describe something with it: 'the stylishness of her writing', 'a car admired for its stylishness', 'there is a certain stylishness about him'. Because it is an uncountable quality noun, it takes no 'a' and no plural: you can have great stylishness, a lot of stylishness, but not 'two stylishnesses'.

It is the noun這是...的名詞 you use when you want to talk about that quality itself當你想單獨談這個特質本身時會用的, rather than describe something with it而不是用它來形容東西: 'the stylishness of her writing'「the stylishness of her writing」，她文筆的那股講究、'a car admired for its stylishness'「a car admired for its stylishness」，一台因為講究而被稱讚的車、'there is a certain stylishness about him'「there is a certain stylishness about him」，他身上有種說不出的講究。Because it is an uncountable quality noun因為它是不可數的特質名詞, it takes no 'a' and no plural前面不加「a」，也沒有複數: you can have great stylishness你可以說great stylishness, a lot of stylishnessa lot of stylishness, but not 'two stylishnesses'但不能說「two stylishnesses」。

It appears most in reviews, design writing, and fashion journalism, where the writer is assessing something. In ordinary conversation people avoid the word — it is long and slightly formal — and say 'she has great style' instead, which means the same thing. That gives you a useful pair: 'style' is the thing you have, 'stylishness' is the measured quality of having it, the word a critic reaches for.

It appears most它最常出現 in reviews, design writing, and fashion journalism在評論、設計相關文章，還有時尚報導裡, where the writer is assessing something也就是作者在評判某樣東西的時候。In ordinary conversation people avoid the word在一般對話裡，人們會避開這個字——it is long and slightly formal因為它又長又有點正式——and say 'she has great style' instead改說「she has great style」, which means the same thing意思其實一樣。That gives you a useful pair這給了你一組好用的字: 'style' is the thing you have「style」是你所擁有的那個東西, 'stylishness' is the measured quality of having it「stylishness」是擁有它這件事被衡量出來的特質, the word a critic reaches for是評論家會用的詞。

Note that stylishness is usually about surface and taste. Calling a novel stylish praises how it is written; it does not say the story is deep. Sometimes a critic means exactly that, and 'mere stylishness' is a real and quite cutting phrase.

Note that要注意, stylishness is usually about surface and tastestylishness講的通常是表面和品味。Calling a novel stylish praises how it is written說一本小說stylish，稱讚的是它怎麼寫; it does not say the story is deep不是在說故事有多深刻。Sometimes a critic means exactly that有時候評論家講的就正是這個意思, and 'mere stylishness' is a real and quite cutting phrase而「mere stylishness」是個真實存在、而且相當犀利的說法。