Tailored

adj, verb

adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of tailor form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Adjusted by a tailor, fitted.

    "Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet."

  2. 2
    Made by a tailor.

    "His expensive tailored shirts didn't look that much better than off-the-rack, but they lasted much longer."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of clothing) custom-made wordnet
  2. 2
    severely simple in line or design wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
a proposad remadaptedapplicableappositeappropriate

Example

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"The arrival of the statuesque woman in her tailored red dress occasioned much comment at the funeral."

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man-tailoredwell-tailored

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