dressiness

Example Sentences

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"I have 'em make a vestee," said Bean; "goes on with gold pins; adds dressiness, the man says."

From Bunker Bean by Wilson, Harry Leon

Despite her efforts at "dressiness" she was in her best hour homely and nearly shapeless.

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham

"Never mind the short sleeves or the dressiness either—the chief thing is, not to annoy him with an ugly colour he cannot endure."

From Daisy Burns (Volume 2) by Kavanagh, Julia

Certain gentlemen of Stock Exchange mannerism and dressiness gave the protege the go-by, and even sneered at those who noticed him with kindness.

From Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire by Jenkins, Edward

It would be easy to overstate the efflorescence of distinctively feminine emotion, dressiness, mysticism, and vanity upon the suffrage movement.

From What is Coming? by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)