as in dress
relating to or suitable for wearing to an event requiring elegant dress and manners
shopping for a dressy handbag for a New Year's Eve party
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Recent Examples of dressy
Their soft, silky fabric, combined with a cropped hem, adds chic elegance to any outfit, pairing well with any shoe and top, from dressy blouses and sandals for work to casual T-shirts and chunky sneakers for a quick coffee run.
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Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
Khaite is known for its best-selling boots and jeans, but Holstein tends to go experimental and dressy on the runway.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
Over at a presentation at the Sam Edelman showroom, Libby Edelman, co-founder and senior vice president, walked FN through the key styles and trends on display, with a focus on pumps, dressy and cold-weather boots and ballet flats — as well as materials like lace and velvet.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 6 Feb. 2026
Or, style them with a dressy blouse and heeled boots to grab brunch with the girls.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
Khaite is known for its best-selling boots and jeans, but Holstein tends to go experimental and dressy on the runway.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
Over at a presentation at the Sam Edelman showroom, Libby Edelman, co-founder and senior vice president, walked FN through the key styles and trends on display, with a focus on pumps, dressy and cold-weather boots and ballet flats — as well as materials like lace and velvet.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 6 Feb. 2026
Or, style them with a dressy blouse and heeled boots to grab brunch with the girls.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dressy
Adjective
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Here was a piece that not only spanned the entire spectrum of casual to formal, but ate it up in the volume of its layered pleats.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Hare adds that this strategy will help eliminate the distant feeling that can exist in larger spaces or within more formal layouts.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2026
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As the hotel’s social centerpiece, the heated saltwater pool offers a menu of tropical cocktails and savory bites of shrimp ceviche, served in stylish cabanas.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2026
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Next door at the Locust, James Cook discusses Cafe des Artistes, Ocean Drive’s newest mecca for the young and stylish.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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She was led through the hallway to the kitchen, passing a living room filled with mustard furniture and that print of the beautiful Chinese woman that all fashionable people seemed to own.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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That is not a fashionable position.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Dressy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dressy. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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