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FRILLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frilly mean?
• FRILLY (adjective)
The adjective FRILLY has 1 sense:
1. having decorative ruffles or frills
Familiarity information: FRILLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: frillier
Superlative: frilliest
Superlative: frilliest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having decorative ruffles or frills
Synonyms:
Similar:
adorned; decorated (provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction)
Derivation:
frill (a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim)
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