attired
8
5.4
- adjective
- /əˈtaɪərd/
- Formal
- The dandy's companion, a comely dark-skinned lass, was equally well attired.
- impeccably attired
- properly attired
- so attired
Examples
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She arrived at the gala beautifully attired in a flowing red gown.
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How do you do?" I said to Kilby and Richards, who were young, serious, and soberly attired.
Fiction book (1994) -
For my part, I am so attired in wonder, I know not what to say.
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You cannot expect to go about attired as this man was and not expect to be taken to task for it.
Blog text (28) -
There is something wrong about the fact that the staff are nicely attired and the customers look like peasants.
Blog text (14) -
Dressed in black, her mother by her side and similarly attired, Sidney Archer came down the hallway.
Fiction book (1997) -
If a courtesan is not elegantly attired, she will not exhilarate my husband.
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Northern Oregon beaches were seldom crowded in the spring, and on the day I made that run, more spectacularly attired than I had ever been before, they seemed deserted.
Academic text (2007) -
He is splendidly attired and elegantly groomed, but he is still unhandsome, even in semi-darkness.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Welcome to UCLA," Dr. Marvin said slowly, as if he were addressing a roomful of neatly attired, multinational students in a TEFL course.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
765
1.0
Wearing special clothes for an occasion, for example a party
50
2.4
Wearing neat, clean clothes that look smart, like a suit or nice shirt
46
2.7
Wearing special formal clothes for a party or event
37
1.0
Wearing clothes to cover the body
17
3.9
Wearing a certain kind of clothing or covered with a material
13
3.9
A person or place that has the equipment and clothes needed for an activity
13
3.6
Suitable for formal events like a wedding or party
4
7.6
Wearing very elegant formal clothes for a special occasion
2
7.4
Wearing certain clothes, often formal or special
1
7.2
Dressed in fine clothes for a ceremony or formal event
1
6.3
Dressed in smart, formal clothes for a special event
1
8.2
To be dressed in fine or special clothes
1
8.2
To wear nice clothes for a special event
1
7.8
Wearing stylish, elegant clothes
1
9.0
Wearing fine clothes for a special event
1
9.1
Wearing smart clothes for a special event
Wearing fine or special clothes
Dressed or decorated for a special event
Antonyms
How Dressed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Attired comes from the old word attire, which meant 'to dress', so you can imagine someone 'pulling on' clothes to get ready. So, attired simply means 'dressed', often in a special or neat way.