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  • adjective comparative form of frilly: more frilly

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Examples

  • Mimi is the cuter, frillier one with the adorable dog Chiffon.

    Choco Mimi Book 1 » Manga Worth Reading 2009

  • There are occasionally exceptions to this (almost always ending with me getting much frillier/fancier clothing than I normally wear).

    ceciliatan: OK writers. Question for you. Do you eve ceciliatan 2010

  • If McDormand's earthy magnetism gives "Good People" its most important kick, Bedford adorns the revival of "The Importance of Being Earnest" with a frillier charisma.

    In New York, 'Good People' a sign of hope for this theater season 2011

  • Diane has much frillier petals than the native H. virginiana.

    Diane Screentest On Muse Day « Fairegarden 2010

  • And so altogether too many people at the top in the television newsrooms have accepted the new, frillier dictates of the men and women above them in the corporations ....

    The Pathological State of America's Broadcast Journalism: Thoughts From Greenwald, Others, and Me 2007

  • I read the original comic series when it came out, high off of repeated mini-series from Sin City and isn't it odd how a comic series is now referred to as a "graphic novel," as if giving it a frillier name than "comic book" somehow makes up for its shoddy parentage?

    300 Fred Perry 2007

  • I read the original comic series when it came out, high off of repeated mini-series from Sin City and isn't it odd how a comic series is now referred to as a "graphic novel," as if giving it a frillier name than "comic book" somehow makes up for its shoddy parentage?

    Archive 2007-03-01 Fred Perry 2007

  • Stephenie Meyer says the old-fashioned dress should be simpler than the frillier Edwardian designs some may expect.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • The boy wonder who quickly wowed the crowds at the Bryant Park tents of yore with dresses that were sometimes frillier than a wedding cake, sometimes sleeker than satin, uprooted and brought his show to Paris to play with the big boys.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • The boy wonder who quickly wowed the crowds at the Bryant Park tents of yore with dresses that were sometimes frillier than a wedding cake, sometimes sleeker than satin, uprooted and brought his show to Paris to play with the big boys.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

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