as in attire
dressy clothing
the guests arrived at the wedding in all their finery
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Recent Examples of finery
May, the month of the Cannes Film Festival and the French Open, is when France usually pivots, turning heel on a season of gloom and rain to show off its finery and raison d’être.
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airmail.news, 25 May 2024
Along with her feather finery and green sartorial color motif, Queen Camilla accessorized with pieces of jewelry courtesy of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s collection.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
In this life-force of a musical, even the help gets to shine like so many sequins on a prima donna’s finery.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
That vehicle has been praised for its ability to stand out even among the Mercedes and BMWs of the world in finery despite having lesser performance and a lack of track-ready models.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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airmail.news, 25 May 2024
Along with her feather finery and green sartorial color motif, Queen Camilla accessorized with pieces of jewelry courtesy of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s collection.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
In this life-force of a musical, even the help gets to shine like so many sequins on a prima donna’s finery.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
That vehicle has been praised for its ability to stand out even among the Mercedes and BMWs of the world in finery despite having lesser performance and a lack of track-ready models.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finery
Noun
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Reflecting on the incident, the OP speculated that her outfit, which resembled the daycare staff's attire.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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The ceremony also featured a tribute to Quincy Jones, with Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Cynthia Erivo, Lainey Wilson and Janelle Monáe (in full Michael Jackson attire) paying homage to the late music legend.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
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Or that costume designer Shirley Kurata doesn’t deserve 22 awards for Malkovich’s outfits alone.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2025
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Danica McKellar Celebrates Milestone Birthday with Makeup-Free Selfie After greeting her guests, McKellar heated up the dance floor with a costume change and a surprise ballroom dance number.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Despite the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, the Recording Academy confirmed that the event will proceed as scheduled, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stating that the ceremony will serve as a fundraising effort for wildfire relief and honor the bravery of first responders.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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With poise, confidence, heart, passion, kindness, utter bravery and love!!!—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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At first, Valentín shows no interest in Molina’s frippery, but once he gets started on his detailed narration of the loopy movie plot, the political prisoner begins eagerly requesting further installments.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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But who has time for all of that frippery, anyway, when war’s a-comin’?—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
20 Dec. 2024
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The online apparel company made a 6.5 euro per share all-cash offer, valuing About You at about 1.1 billion euros ($1.14 billion).—
Ganesh Rao,Chloe Taylor,Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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Miami Herald Cora Harrington is the former founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Lingerie Addict, once the world’s leading publication on intimate apparel as well as the author of In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie published in 2018.—
Cora Harrington,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Finery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finery. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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