"dressy" meaning in English

See dressy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɹɛsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dressy.wav Forms: dressier [comparative], dressiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsi Etymology: From dress + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dress|y}} dress + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} dressy (comparative dressier, superlative dressiest)
  1. Elegant, smart, or stylish. Categories (topical): Fashion Translations (elegant, smart or stylish): натруфен (natrufen) (Bulgarian), елегантен (eleganten) (Bulgarian), hieno (Finnish), tyylikäs (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-dressy-en-adj-m549M9a3 Disambiguation of Fashion: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'elegant, smart or stylish': 99 1
  2. Fond of dressing up; keen on fashion. Categories (topical): Fashion
    Sense id: en-dressy-en-adj-U2dtMn7y Disambiguation of Fashion: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 4 96 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dressily, dressiness, overdressy, semidressy

Inflected forms

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