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spruce 1

(spro͞os)
n.
1.
a. Any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Picea, having flattened or four-angled needlelike leaves, a conic shape, pendulous cones, and soft wood often used for paper pulp.
b. Any of various similar or related trees.
c. The wood of any of these trees.
2. A grayish green to dark greenish black.
[Short for obsolete Spruce fir, Prussian fir, from Middle English Spruce, Prussia, alteration of Pruce from Anglo-Norman Pruz, from Medieval Latin Prussia.]

spruce 2

(spro͞os)
adj. spruc·er, spruc·est
Neat, trim, and smart in appearance: "a good-looking man; spruce and dapper, and very tidy" (Anthony Trollope).
v. spruced, spruc·ing, spruc·es
v.tr.
To make neat and trim: spruced up the chairs with new slipcovers.
v.intr.
To make oneself neat and smart in appearance: He was sprucing for the school dance.
[Perhaps from obsolete spruce leather, Prussian leather, from Middle English Spruce, Prussia; see spruce1.]
spruce′ly adv.
spruce′ness n.
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Adv. 1. [画像:sprucely - in a stylish manner]sprucely - in a stylish manner; "He was smartly dressed"
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sprucely

[ˈspruːslɪ] ADV sprucely dressed → elegantemente vestido, vestido de punta en blanco
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sprucely

adv dressed (man) → flott, schmuck (dated); (woman, child) → adrett ; painted, decorated etc → schmuck ; laid out → sauber und ordentlich ; sprucely kept gardens → gepflegte Gärten
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As the chaise drew nearer, he perceived that Tackleton was dressed out sprucely for his marriage, and that he had decorated his horse's head with flowers and favours.
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A second source was Richard Ouellette's sprucely stylish set; an especial third was Meriem Bahri's gorgeously ornate costumes; and everything was lit evocatively by Rob Siler.
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