BAGGY (baggier, baggiest)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: baggier    , baggiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does baggy mean? 

• BAGGY (adjective)
  The adjective BAGGY has 1 sense:

1. not fitting closely; hanging loosely

  Familiarity information: BAGGY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAGGY (adjective)

Comparative: baggier   
Superlative: baggiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not fitting closely; hanging loosely

Synonyms:

baggy; loose-fitting; sloppy

Context example:

a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather

Similar:

loose (not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting)

 Context examples 

His rusty coat had a social air, and the baggy pockets plainly proved that little hands often went in empty and came out full.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

His broad black hat, his baggy trousers, his white tie, his sympathetic smile, and general look of peering and benevolent curiosity were such as Mr. John Hare alone could have equalled.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now that Martin was aroused in such matters, he swiftly noted the difference between the baggy knees of the trousers worn by the working class and the straight line from knee to foot of those worn by the men above the working class.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The strangest figures we saw were the Slovaks, who were more barbarian than the rest, with their big cow-boy hats, great baggy dirty-white trousers, white linen shirts, and enormous heavy leather belts, nearly a foot wide, all studded over with brass nails.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He wore rather baggy grey shepherd’s check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat, unbuttoned in the front, and a drab waistcoat with a heavy brassy Albert chain, and a square pierced bit of metal dangling down as an ornament.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)