sartorial
Americanadjective
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of or relating to tailors or their trade.
sartorial workmanship.
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of or relating to clothing or style or manner of dress.
sartorial splendor.
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Anatomy. pertaining to the sartorius.
adjective
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of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
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anatomy of or relating to the sartorius
Other Word Forms
- presartorial adjective
- sartorially adverb
- unsartorial adjective
- unsartorially adverb
Etymology
Origin of sartorial
First recorded in 1815–25; from Late Latin sartor “tailor” + -ial
Example Sentences
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The US Traitors host and actor was clearly delighted to show his sartorial style on the red carpet.
From BBC
Clad in red, white and black, the renegade scientist’s sartorial inspiration is not bound to a single era.
From Los Angeles Times
It has become a staple of every NFL game's pre-show coverage -- footage of players strutting their way to stadium locker rooms wearing the latest daring sartorial choices.
From Barron's
Though all these London businesses survive, sartorial values have shifted.
What threads each decade together, she adds, is that sartorially, the Queen "always made the right choice" - ever appropriate for the occasion.
From BBC
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