Graduation ceremonies are mostly outside and the ranges of "dressiness" vary. From Wordnik.com. [ModernMom.com Recent Articles] Reference
Despite her efforts at "dressiness" she was in her best hour homely and nearly shapeless. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise] Reference
Pants or shorts (depending on climate and dressiness). From Wordnik.com. [Just the Facts, Ma'am] Reference
The 1st-5th have always been famous for their dressiness. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919] Reference
You can then dial down the dressiness or style it up for summer. From Wordnik.com. [The New Power Suit for Summer] Reference
These small details offer a dressiness that balances the casual look of jeans, Mr. Valvo says. From Wordnik.com. [A Designer Dresses for a Summer Party] Reference
They disapproved of dressiness; but there were many who achieved a striking picturesqueness in their clothes. From Wordnik.com. [Birthplace of a Magazine] Reference
If you're confused about how to dress for an Event, a few guidelines: 1. Men and male-identified: nice pants of whatever level dressiness you like and a sports coat. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-22] Reference
But give the boring ones with just a simple leather band across the facing (called "penny loafers" because of a fad in the U.S. in the 50s, where hip young 'uns would insert a penny into a slit in the band) a miss and instead opt for slim ones with a leather or metal ornament that adds some character and dressiness. From Wordnik.com. [What the well-dressed foot is wearing] Reference
"I have 'em make a vestee," said Bean; "goes on with gold pins; adds dressiness, the man says.". From Wordnik.com. [Bunker Bean] Reference
It would be easy to overstate the efflorescence of distinctively feminine emotion, dressiness, mysticism, and vanity upon the suffrage movement. From Wordnik.com. [What is Coming?] Reference
Certain gentlemen of Stock Exchange mannerism and dressiness gave the protégé the go-by, and even sneered at those who noticed him with kindness. From Wordnik.com. [Ginx's Baby. His Birth and other Misfortunes: A Satire] Reference
I have plenty of button-down shirts of varying degrees of dressiness, but still I always feel overdressed going out with friends in clothes I also wear to the office. From Wordnik.com. [Tomato Nation] Reference
On the other hand, it was a familiar thing to Mrs. Vance, who not only knew of it as an entity, but had often been in it, going purposely to see and be seen, to create a stir with her beauty and dispel any tendency to fall short in dressiness by contrasting herself with the beauty and fashion of the town. From Wordnik.com. [Sister Carrie: a Novel] Reference
At the end of the day, to add some dressiness to his look, he’ll pull on the jeans over his swimming trunks and throw on his dress shirt and flip-flops. From Wordnik.com. [What a Designer Wears to the Beach] Reference
If ever there was dressiness it was here. From Wordnik.com. [Sister Carrie: a Novel] Reference
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