ADJECTIVE
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(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
a full-dress ceremony
a dress dinner -
complete in every respect
a full-dress debate
a full-dress investigation -
suitable for formal occasions
formal wear
a full-dress uniform
dress shoes
How To Use full-dress In A Sentence
- They all wore their full-dress diplomatic uniforms with the characteristic three-cornered plumed hats.
- They all wore their full-dress diplomatic uniforms with the characteristic three-cornered plumed hats.
- Ever since Karl Marx, a full-dress beard is like wearing the "Communist Manifesto" on your face; the mangier version remains popular among college students and Fed chairmen. Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
- The men were interned after barely escaping a full-dress skirmish with the local gendarmes.
- a full-dress uniform
- a full-dress ceremony
- a full-dress investigation
- Given the tumble of apparent memory during that trial run though, I postponed maybe forever a full-dress exploration of earlier memories that may be unusably clear, harsh and unconfirmable. CLEAR PICTURES
- A damasse silk and satin toiletter, for full-dress occasions, was beneath the tissue. PAINT THE WIND
- In the full-dress of the court, the tall black lambskin cap is changed for a turban of shawl; and in place of the stockings without shoes, on entering the room a pair of red cloth boots reaching to the knee is worn. Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia