"dressy" meaning in English

See dressy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɹɛsi/ Forms: dressier [comparative], dressiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsi Etymology: 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 entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 6 94

Inflected forms

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