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In the chapter two, paragraph seven, the sentence reads that

There was a picture of my parents' wedding night, Baba dashing in his black suit and my mother a smiling young princess in white.

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    Did you look in any dictionaries where you could have found that 'dashing' can be an adjective meaning 'stylish and fashionable'?
    – Michael Harvey
    Commented Jan 3, 2023 at 12:40
  • I looked up the meaning of its verb and noun, but cannot find the meaning, never thought it was an adjective, but I know when you say dashing, as an adjective. thx
    – Narox
    Commented Jan 3, 2023 at 12:44
  • Check other -ing forms used adjectivally of people, such as charming, fetching, captivating, endearing, interesting, enchanting. You can't always figure out the adjectival meaning from the underlying verb, though (Lord knows how fetching came about! :) I think dashing is best understood by reference to cut a dash, where the noun dash refers to [a mixture of] stylishness, enthusiasm, and courage.
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Jan 3, 2023 at 16:23

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The word "dashing" here actually is not the participle dash+ing, but an adjective meaning 'stylish and fashionable', or "attractive in a confident, exciting and stylish way" (Cambridge Dictionary).

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    Or "attractive in a confident, exciting and stylish way" (Cambridge Dictionary).
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Jan 3, 2023 at 16:07

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