"très" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /treɪ/, /trɛs/
Etymology: Borrowed from French très. Attested in English from the 19th century. Doublet of trans. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|très}} Borrowed from French très, {{doublet|en|trans}} Doublet of trans Head templates: {{en-adverb|-}} très (not comparable)
  1. (colloquial, fashion, usually before English adjective) Very, to superior degree. Tags: colloquial, not-comparable, usually Categories (topical): Fashion Related terms: très chic, très gauche
    Sense id: en-très-en-adv-Nadwt-Ec Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Topics: fashion, lifestyle
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          "ref": "1947 January 1, Hod., “An Innocent at Large”, in Punch, volume 212, page 16, column 2:",
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          "ref": "1983, Donna Steinberg, I Lost it All in Montreal, page 30:",
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Cathy Hopkins, White Lies and Barefaced Truths (Truth, Dare, Kiss or Promise), page 212:",
          "text": "I seemed to have shot up a few more inches over the last year and some of my jeans were stopping short of my ankles. Très uncool.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Christopher Moore, Bite Me: A Love Story, page 17:",
          "text": "We have this très cool apartment, and all of the money, and Foo almost has his master’s in bio-nerdism or whatever, and I only have to go home like twice a week so the mother unit still thinks I am living there.",
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          "ref": "2015, Cosmo’s Let’s Get Naked, page 223:",
          "text": "Dim lighting plus backrub equals très romantic, and a massage candle kills two lovebirds (Thank you, we’ll be here all week) with one stone.",
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