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frillier

frillier is the comparative form of frilly.

Meaning of frilly

Adjective

frilly (comparative frillier, superlative frilliest)

  1. Having frills; frilled.
    • In scented, frilly boutiques that she seemed to find by instinct, they exchanged her battered wardrobe for fur capes and Anna Karenina riding boots that slithered on the frosty cobble, and Pym's dismal school habit for a leather jacket and trousers without buttons for his braces.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy
  2. Over-elaborate or showy in character or appearance.

Questions about frillier

What is frillier the comparative form of?
Frillier is the comparative form of frilly.

Words near frillier in the dictionary

  1. friller
  2. frilleries
  3. frillers
  4. frillery
  5. frillgoby
  6. frillier
  7. frillies
  8. frilliest
  9. frillily
  10. frilliness
  11. frilling

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