Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "dressily" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF DRESSILY

dressily  [ˈdresɪlɪ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRESSILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dressily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES DRESSILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dressily in the English dictionary

The definition of dressily in the dictionary is elegantly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRESSILY


classily
ˈklɑːsɪlɪ
crusily
ˈkruːsɪlɪ
fancily
ˈfænsɪlɪ
fussily
ˈfʌsɪlɪ
glassily
ˈɡlɑːsɪlɪ
glossily
ˈɡlɒsɪlɪ
horsily
ˈhɔːsɪlɪ
icily
ˈaɪsɪlɪ
juicily
ˈdʒuːsɪlɪ
lacily
ˈlaɪsɪlɪ
messily
ˈmesɪlɪ
mussily
ˈmʌsɪlɪ
racily
ˈreɪsɪlɪ
sassily
ˈsæsɪlɪ
saucily
ˈsɔːsɪlɪ
sexily
ˈsɛksɪlɪ
Sicily
ˈsɪsɪlɪ
silly
ˈsɪlɪ
spicily
ˈspaɪsɪlɪ
tossily
ˈtɒsɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRESSILY

dressed
dressed crab
dressed to kill
dressed to the nines
dressed up
dresser
dressguard
dressier
dressiest
dressiness
dressing
dressing case
dressing gown
dressing room
dressing station
dressing table
dressing table set
dressing-down
dressing-up
dressings

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRESSILY

bossily
brassily
busily
cheesily
clumsily
cosily
drowsily
easily
flimsily
flossily
gassily
grassily
greasily
noisily
nosily
prissily
queasily
rosily
uneasily
unfussily

Synonyms and antonyms of dressily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dressily» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF DRESSILY

Find out the translation of dressily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dressily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dressily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dressily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dressily
570 millions of speakers

English

dressily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dressily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dressily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

dressily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dressily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dressily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dressily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dressily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dressily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dressily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apik banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dressily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dressily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Dressily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dressily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dressily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dressily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dressily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dressily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dressily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dressily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dressily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dressily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dressily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRESSILY»

The term «dressily» is used very little and occupies the 181.647 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Rarely used
15
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «dressily» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of dressily
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «dressily».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRESSILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dressily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dressily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dressily

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRESSILY»

Discover the use of dressily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dressily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
6 a WINDOW-DRESSER. dressier, dressiest and dressily see under dressy dressing c» noun 1 cookery any sauce added to food, especially salad. 2 N Amer cookery STUFFING. 3 a covering for a wound. 4 agric a an application of fertilizer to ...
2
Untitled
... doubter doubt undoubted, doubtful, doubtless undoubtedly, doubtfully dream, dreamer dream dream, dreamless, dreamy dreamily dress, dresser, dressing dress, redress, undress dressed, undressed, dressy dressily drink, drinker, drinking, ...
3
A Dictionary of the English and Russian Languages:
Уборка , f. harvest-home; s. YöI/Ipánie. _ Уборная, 15,f. a dressing-room, a t1ring -room', a green-room. Yöópno, ad. dressily, neatly. Уббрность , dressiness', neatness. Уббрный, а. dressy, neat; dressing;-cróanx'b,adressing-table, a toilet.
Jacob Banks, 1840
4
The Long Shadow
Next to her was Thierry, her son, tall, gaunt, in dark trousers and a pin-striped waistcoat, a watch chain suspended from one of its buttons, trailing into his trouser pocket, dressily contrasting with his thick white collarless shirt undone at the neck.
Gaynor Gabriel, 2013
5
Some Habits and Customs of the Working Classes
It is a day on which many of the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest — a day which brings happiness alike to the truly religious, who regard it as a day more specially devoted to the service of their Master ; to the dressily ...
Thomas Wright ("the journeyman engineer."), Thomas Wright, 1867
6
Living on Tick.: Tales from a Huddersfield Corner Shop ...
Ifitwasanautumn spree,Mrs Gawthorpe wore one of her tailormade costumes anda fox fur stole draped dressily over oneangular shoulder.This 'toff'like picturewas topped off by a high, turbanned hatandwrinkly, elbow lengthgloves.
Hazel Wheeler, 2013
7
Chambers Pocket Dictionary
2 a practice under real conditions, or an event considered as such in relation to another more important, dressy adj - ier, - iest 1 dressed or dressing stylishly. 2 ( of clothes) for formal wear; elegant. 3 (coll) fancy; over-decorated. — adv dressily.
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
8
The bane of a life
He was a tall, slim- built young fellow, with light curly hair, blue eyes, regular features, and pink and white cheeks, on which, to his chagrin, there was as yet no appearance of " hirsute appendages." He was dressily inclined, and his tastes in  ...
Thomas Wright (journeyman engineer.), 1870
9
WORD JUDGE USA
DRENCH DRENCHED DRENCHER DRENCHERS DRENCHES DRENCHING DRESS DRESSAGE DRESSAGES DRESSED DRESSER DRESSERS DRESSES DRESSIER DRESSIEST DRESSILY DRESSINESS DRESSINESSES  ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013
10
China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges ...
His polyester pants and cuffed shirt are dressily cut but are many washes past smart. Mrs. Li, in nattier pants and a darted shirt, sports a basic ponytail. Her rosy face has high but muscled cheeks; her bright eyes scan the shop. The Lis, now at  ...
Ted Fishman, 2005

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRESSILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dressily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
J.K. Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy' is dressily moralistic. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uG4mGixDL._SL300.jpg. J.K. Rowling's "The ... «USA TODAY, Jun 13»
2
Frozen in Time
J.K. Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy' is dressily moralistic. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uG4mGixDL._SL300.jpg. J.K. Rowling's "The ... «USA TODAY, Apr 13»
3
New Voices: 'Yellow Birds' author Kevin Powers
J.K. Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy' is dressily moralistic. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uG4mGixDL._SL300.jpg. J.K. Rowling's "The ... «USA TODAY, Sep 12»
4
Moehringer's novel cracks vault on robber Willie Sutton
J.K. Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy' is dressily moralistic. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uG4mGixDL._SL300.jpg. J.K. Rowling's "The ... «USA TODAY, Sep 12»
5
Neil Young's book is more a diary than a memoir, he says
J.K. Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy' is dressily moralistic. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uG4mGixDL._SL300.jpg. J.K. Rowling's "The ... «USA TODAY, Jun 12»
6
Buzz Bissinger's 'Father's Day' explores bond with his son
J.K. Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy' is dressily moralistic. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uG4mGixDL._SL300.jpg. J.K. Rowling's "The ... «USA TODAY, May 12»
7
Lisa Scottoline's creature comforts
J.K. Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy' is dressily moralistic. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uG4mGixDL._SL300.jpg. J.K. Rowling's "The ... «USA TODAY, Apr 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dressily [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dressily>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z