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Another word for dressy

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Adjective

  1. Requiring elegant clothes and fine manners

      1. Attire appropriate for formal or ceremonial events.
      1. Relating to or involving outward form or structure, often in contrast to content or meaning.
      2. Being or relating to essential form or constitution:
      3. Following or being in accord with accepted or prescribed forms, conventions, or regulations:
    See also:

    plain

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Another word for dressy

Modifier
      1. Planned or executed with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details:
      2. Intricate and rich in detail:
      3. To work out with care and detail; develop thoroughly:
      1. Characterized by or exhibiting refined, tasteful beauty of manner, form, or style.
      1. Relating to or involving outward form or structure, often in contrast to content or meaning.
      2. Being or relating to essential form or constitution:
      3. Following or being in accord with accepted or prescribed forms, conventions, or regulations:
    See also:

    ornate

    formal

    fashionable

    fancy

    dressed-up

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Sentence Examples

  • The white sandal heels gave the ensemble a dressy look.

  • Parties - Some parties just demand glitz and glamour, and while your toddler may be oblivious to the reason for the party (or the reason for his spiffy clothing), you can find designer outfits that are suitable for this dressy event.

  • Buying girls' wholesale party dresses was the goal of many poorer people in cities who needed to get a good dress for their daughters that would work as well for First Communion, Easter or other religious or secular dressy occasions.

  • Whereas strappy metallic sandals are highly dressy items and can transform your look into starlight, a metallic peep-toe pump is an even more dominant piece simply because this shoe offers more metallic material than the strappy sandal.

  • The blue skirt and sweater were a little dressy for jail, but they'd no doubt give her some fashionable stripes to wear anyway.

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