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Definition of Dressy
1. Adjective. In fancy clothing.
Definition of Dressy
1. a. Showy in dress; attentive to dress.
Definition of Dressy
1. Adjective. elegant, smart or stylish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dressy
1. stylish [adj DRESSIER, DRESSIEST] : DRESSILY [adv] - See also: stylish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dressy
Literary usage of Dressy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Songs of Ireland by Thomas Crofton Croker (1886)
"... For meekness, politeness, and goodness, they patterns are; It would do your
heart good, on the mall where they walk at eve, To see them so dressy, ..."
2. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"... so many of these creatures about them ; for, instead of adding anything to
their dignity as noblemen, they detract from it. FLORY—A very dressy person. ..."
3. The Oasis: Or, Golden Leaves of Friendship by N. L. Ferguson (1855)
"... A dressy WOMAN. STAHT not, gentle reader — fair reader. I am not going to
lecture thee on the vanity of arraying thine outward man or woman in the ..."
4. Beauty is Power (1871)
"dressy MEN. NOTWITHSTANDING the apparently well- authenticated proclivity of
utterly unreclaimed savages for articles of personal finery ..."
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