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frilly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective frilly has 1 sense
- frilly(s = adj.all) frilled, ruffled - having decorative ruffles or frills; Array Derived form noun frill3
OXFORD DICTIONARY
frilly, adj. & n.
--adj. (frillier, frilliest)
1 having a frill or frills.
2 resembling a frill.
--n. (pl. -ies) (in pl.) colloq. frilled underwear.
--adj. (frillier, frilliest)
1 having a frill or frills.
2 resembling a frill.
--n. (pl. -ies) (in pl.) colloq. frilled underwear.
Derivative
frilliness n.
THESAURUS
frilly
arabesque, baroque, brave, bravura, braw, busy, chichi, daring, dashing, dressy, elaborate, elegant, exhibitionistic, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flashing, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, frothy, fussy, gallant, gay, glittering, high-wrought, jaunty, jazzy, labored, luxuriant, luxurious, moresque, ornate, ostentatious, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overworked, overwrought, picturesque, pretty-pretty, rakish, rich, rococo, showy, snazzy, splashy, splurgy, sporty
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