She wore a pink, frilly dress.
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Frilly
//ˈfɹɪli//
Synonyms for "frilly" (54 found)
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Closest matches (11)
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Related words (27)
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Translations
5 translations across 4 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 有褶边的 adj (having frills)
Finnish
1 entries- röyhelöinen adj (having frills)
French
2 entries- crêpé adj (having frills)
- frisé adj (having frills)
German
1 entries- gerüscht adj (having frills)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
In scented, frilly boutiques that she seemed to find by instinct, they exchanged her battered wardrobe for fur capes and Anna Karenina riding boots that slithered on the frosty cobble, and Pym's dismal school habit for a leather jacket and trousers without buttons for his braces.
Source: wiktionary
Ms. Grant was dressed up as Little Bo Peep and had on a huge, frilly skirt that was held out with a hoop at the bottom.
Source: wiktionary
The one she showed me has this frilly white skirt with blue bows on it.
Source: wiktionary
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