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comparative frillier, superlative frilliest
Having frills; frilled. quotations examples
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
Ms. Grant was dressed up as Little Bo Peep and had on a huge, frilly skirt that was held out with a hoop at the bottom.
2006 March 7, Christian Burch, The Manny Files, Simon and Schuster, page 140
The one she showed me has this frilly white skirt with blue bows on it.
2012 November 6, Nora Roberts, The Perfect Hope, Penguin, page 83
Over-elaborate or showy in character or appearance. examples