dressed
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,037 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,730 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination also: appareled, attired, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed the elegantly attired gentlemanneatly dressed workers
- treated with medications and protective covering
- (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth also: polished
- dressed in fancy or formal clothing also: dressed-up, dressed to the nines, dressed to kill, dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up
dressed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Who is the rather pretty, fat woman, dressed like a boy.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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As he bathed and dressed his sense of strangeness grew, and he understood why.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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An old man, dressed as a Persian servant, rode by the side of the cart.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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He found them up and dressed, standing at the window of their sitting-room gazing out into the grounds.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1
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The girl had been presented by the American minister, and had had a sort of success because she dressed and danced exquisitely.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1