sartorial

American  

[sahr-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] / sɑrˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- /

adjective

1. of or relating to tailors or their trade.

   sartorial workmanship.

2. of or relating to clothing or style or manner of dress.

   sartorial splendor.

3. Anatomy. pertaining to the sartorius.

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sartorial British  

/ sɑːˈtɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring

2. anatomy of or relating to the sartorius

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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

Though all these London businesses survive, sartorial values have shifted.

From The Wall Street Journal

What threads each decade together, she adds, is that sartorially, the Queen "always made the right choice" - ever appropriate for the occasion.

From BBC

His grumble was about more than my sartorial choices.

From BBC

Shorter skirts were the sartorial symbol of the enormous strides women were making: The 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified in 1920.

From The Wall Street Journal

But disappointingly for Frank, the Instagram reel did not catch the attention of the esteemed fashion institute that was currently working on a show about Black male sartorial self-representation.

From Los Angeles Times