frilly

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Clothes frillyfrill‧y /ˈfrɪli/ adjective DCCDECORATEdecorated with lots of frills a frilly skirtExamples from the Corpusfrilly• I've always wanted to be a frilly bloomer!• Women in white boots, short shorts and frilly cowgirl outfits kicked up their heels on it.• The frilly curtains on the wall?• They reacted against factory-produced Victorian furniture with its frilly fretwork, clawed feet and laminated woods.• a frilly nightgown • Clean bright bubbles form a frilly ruff around my neck.• Clive wanted to see the manager with a broken nose, blood on his dicky bow and frilly shirt front.• But in austere, plain-Jane face it seems unrelated to the next-door cousin that flies high in lacy, frilly stonework.• Above us, a massive chandelier in sugar-doll pink cascades down in frilly waves.

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