Definitions

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  • adverb With regard to good clothing or skilled tailoring.

Etymologies

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sartorial +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • You ever hear the expression sartorially challenged?

    The Bloomsday Dead Adrian McKinty 2007

  • Rachel's challenge is that she lives in sartorially-challenged Boston (I grew up there, so I can say that) and gets paid a Horn Book salary.

    I have watched Tim Gunn, and I, sir, am no Tim Gunn. Roger Sutton 2008

  • But he eventually left and I made it in sartorially appropriate fashion and on time to my next campaign event.

    The Canadian Economy: Successes and Challenges 2000

  • Sandra Bullock - I haven't seen The Blind Side, and I am very suspicious of the hype, but Ms. Bullock has pulled out all the stops this awards season (sartorially, that is).

    The Clog 2010

  • Sandra Bullock - I haven't seen The Blind Side, and I am very suspicious of the hype, but Ms. Bullock has pulled out all the stops this awards season (sartorially, that is).

    The Clog 2010

  • (But whip-smart and funny, too: "This town is what's called sartorially challenged," she cracks, visiting the drab local boutique.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local <B>By Steven Rea</B><br><I> Philadelphia Inquirer< 2010

  • Football coaches are often sartorially limited by the threat of frostbite.

    The Tournament, and What I Wore Ben Cohen 2011

  • January 8th, 2009 at 2: 08 pm the IDF and Hamas have been “sartorially equivalent”

    Matthew Yglesias » Lacking in Prosal Clarity 2009

  • One of them even wore an Angels T-shirt to the voting meeting, which was a shocking form of electioneering at the polling place, not to mention sartorially inept.

    Howard Kissel: Honoring Edward Albee Howard Kissel 2011

  • The styling, worn casually open at the neck and untucked, over a pair of classic dark jeans was, sartorially speaking, the epitome of relaxed male chic.

    David Miliband - from geek to chic Simon Chilvers 2010

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  • Richie look for suede, me, I look for leather

    Sartorially we groove, occasional disaster

    For tight black canvas no make for a straight-legged sixties scenester.

    (Mr. Richard, by Belle and Sebastian)

    (As found on B&S's official website)

    November 8, 2010