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[ UK /dɹˈɛsi/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹɛsi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. in fancy clothing

How To Use dressy In A Sentence

  • The brightly colored outfits may be made of either cotton or such dressy fabrics as velvet, satin, and lamé.
  • My feet are still unhappy with me since I wore the wrong dance shoes - the only "dressy" - ish ones I have are basically two-tone jazz shoes - no support whatsoever. Saturday Morning...
  • For example, wear a dressy shirt with studs and cuff links with casual jeans and patent party lace-ups. Times, Sunday Times
  • Perhaps the quaintest dresses are those of the people of Sætersdal, a district in the South of Norway, between Christiansand and Telemarken; and, when properly turned out, the men are quite as "dressy" as the women. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
  • More and more people are wearing dressy casuals for most occasions and this has meant a great growth in cotton casuals.
  • The face towels had been excellent value and just what Margaret wanted, the space gun for Robby and the rabbit for Jean were highly satisfactory, and that evening coatee was just the thing she herself needed, warm but dressy. 4.50 From Paddington
  • At one time, women tended to wear stockings throughout the year, even in summer, though there was more tendency to go stockingless in hot weather even in otherwise dressy occasions.
  • Some people or maybe just me wear them because they're more comfortable and more practical than skirts, dresses, and "dressy" shoes. Wife Dressing - A Dress A Day
  • I figured it must suck to be a businessman in the in summer with all the dressy clothes.
  • I own both black lace-up smooth-toed shoes and a pair of black slip-ons (dressy penny loafers).
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