dressy
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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
Some fine dining restaurants require jackets and collared shirts for men and dressy attire for women.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
The dressy crowd, many of whom may well have been drawn by Lang Lang’s celebrity, sat in inspirational silence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
In our own house, Lucinda tries on every one of her dressy dresses, Mami watching and commenting.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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
As much as I dig the Fitbit Luxe’s bougie divorcee energy, it sometimes looks too much like a tracker for dressier occasions.
From The Verge ● Jan. 14, 2022
But certain girls, like Grace Montgomery among the freshmen, and the dressier girls of the 206older classes, gabbled a deal more than was good for them about their “figures,” and studied the fashion-plates too much.
From A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall by Amy Bell Marlowe
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
They wore their dressiest civilian clothes, of course, and the President said: "I am glad to see that your trousers are not flopping around on the ground."
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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