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necktied

necktied adjective: wearing a necktie.

Adjective

necktied (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a necktie.
    • One can see him any afternoon driving augustly on Bellevue Avenue or along the ocean drive, well gloved, well shod, and brilliantly necktied, in his landau […]1895 July 1, Robert Grant, “The Art Of Living: The Summer Problem”, in Scribner's Magazine
    • Charles Kuralt is not so gone as those crowds of suited, necktied men watching baseball in snap-brim fedoras are gone, but he is gone nonetheless.1994 April 5, Russell Baker, “Observer; Gone With America”, in New York Times

Origin of necktied

From necktie + -ed.

Questions about necktied

What does necktied mean?
Necktied means wearing a necktie.
What part of speech is necktied?
Necktied is an adjective.

Words near necktied in the dictionary

  1. necktie sociable
  2. necktie social
  3. necktie socials
  4. necktie-parties
  5. necktie-party
  6. necktied
  7. necktieless
  8. neckties
  9. necktooth
  10. neckverse
  11. neckverses

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