dressy
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Heading back toward Olympic, I enter David Apparel on 1019 Santee St. The menswear collection here is sporty with Gucci-esque matching outfits and dressy shirts emblazoned with lions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
I could sense the urgency of a group of women behind me and stepped aside to let them pass; one remarked under her breath that my baseball cap wasn’t dressy enough for the occasion.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2023
The collection, which included looks for men and women, featured slouchy trousers and dressy jackets, lightweight overcoats and cotton trousers with elastic waists.
From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2023
“The 80s were glitzy and dressy, and these shoes are literally down to earth.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
When the tension eventually faded a bit, I headed upstairs to change out of my dressy clothes.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
Models marched across a cobblestone catwalk in a courtyard of the Hotel de la Monnaie on the Left Bank in Paris wearing white, cotton sneakers or simple ballerina slippers that toned down dressier looks.
From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2023
But even in classic black, paired with a dressier ensemble, I've learned that the bucket adds just the right amount of extra, without going overboard.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2023
The sumptuous first course is a dressier version of a dish “my mother used to do,” only with herring, says the chef.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
It doesn’t scream “I love fitness” and can be worn on dressier occasions that I’d never wear the Garmin Fenix 7S to.
From The Verge ● Sep. 7, 2022
Her simple gown, with the little piece of ribbon around her graceful neck, seemed almost distinguished by comparison with the loud-patterned and dressier blouses of the two girls who had now hemmed him in.
From A Prince of Sinners by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Viewers of Tudor period dramas will know Elizabeth I as history’s dressiest queen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Even at their dressiest, they had a certain fun, comfort connection.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2020
Tassel loafers are considered to be the dressiest of loafers and their origins stem from a lace-up dress shoe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2016
Henry Seidel Canby's Thoreau, dressiest biography of him so far, is timely rather than definitive.
From Time Magazine Archive
We all wore our dressiest clothes and were on our best behavior because sponsors and outsiders—who might be prospective parents—visited.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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