Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Fondness for dress or fashionable dress; modishness; stylishness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being dressy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The characteristic of being
dressy .
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Examples
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Despite her efforts at "dressiness" she was in her best hour homely and nearly shapeless.
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Despite her efforts at "dressiness" she was in her best hour homely and nearly shapeless.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise David Graham Phillips 1889
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Graduation ceremonies are mostly outside and the ranges of "dressiness" vary.
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You can then dial down the dressiness or style it up for summer.
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But give the boring ones with just a simple leather band across the facing (called "penny loafers" because of a fad in the U.S. in the 50s, where hip young 'uns would insert a penny into a slit in the band) a miss and instead opt for slim ones with a leather or metal ornament that adds some character and dressiness.
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These small details offer a dressiness that balances the casual look of jeans, Mr. Valvo says.
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They disapproved of dressiness; but there were many who achieved a striking picturesqueness in their clothes ...
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Pants or shorts (depending on climate and dressiness).
Archive 2005-08-01 Slimbolala 2005
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Pants or shorts (depending on climate and dressiness).
Just the Facts, Ma'am Slimbolala 2005
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How To Look Good Naked was actually pretty good and uplifting in many ways, apart from the rampant commercialism and dressiness of the whole thing.
Ah, a nice quiet tv night jinty 2007
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