dressiness

Example Sentences

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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

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)

"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

The 1st-5th have always been famous for their dressiness.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919 by Various

"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