form-fitting
4
3.9
- adjective
- /fɔrmˈfɪtɪŋ/
:
ajustado
- "Josie wanted a simple, form-fitting dress."
I quite like things that are quite form fitting but as far as everyday staples go, this is it.
- I quite like things that are quite form fitting but as far as everyday staples go, this is it.
- As soon as I drop the trench coat and I'm standing there wearing this unitard that is so form fitting and this blue glow in the dark tail that I put lights on.
- It's, I mean, the tight form fitting, it's great that you have this, right.
- You have some fantastic pattern lines and to create that form fitting that's with this Princess.
- They do have some give to them so they have a nice like sort of form fitting fit like on top.
- It's a little ribs number nice and form fitting quite long.
Examples
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"2" Jack! Rising from behind his massive mahogany desk, the slim, graying man in the form-fitting blue suit seemed genuinely glad to see him.
Fiction book (1994) -
Erin is on the stand, wearing the most conservative thing she owns: a red, form-fitting mini dress, telling her story to Ed, who's questioning her.
Fiction book (2000) -
So if you have a metal link watch, it's only as tight and form fitting as the size of the watch band to your wrist.
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I quite like things that are quite form fitting but as far as everyday staples go, this is it.
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Another gorgeous item is the form-fitting Detroit dress from One Hundred.
Blog text (16) -
I have my T-shirt sleeves cut down so they are more form-fitting around my arms.
Blog text (20) -
If you are wearing form-fitting clothes, you should always try to wear seamless undergarments with them.
Blog text (28) -
The suits are form-fitting, sleek, and have no bulky oxygen tanks.
Fiction book (1994) -
She hummed under her breath as she stepped into her best faded form-fitting jeans and pink T-shirt.
Fiction book (1996) -
She wore a stunning, form-fitting gown that accentuated her curves beautifully.
Synonyms
5
3.4
Stays close to the body or an object and is not loose
1
3.7
Fits tightly to the body or an object without being uncomfortable
1
3.2
Close and firm against the shape of something or someone
Close to the body or an object without much space
Antonyms
How Tight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Form-fitting is made of two simple parts: form ('shape') and fitting from fit ('to be the right size'), so it means 'following the shape'. That's why we use it for clothes or items that sit very close to the body.