frilly

«frilly» in Mova's school dictionary: Decorated with frills, wavy strips of cloth or lace… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (frilly, frillier, frilliest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Decorated with frills, wavy strips of cloth or lace gathered into folds, as on a dress, curtain or sock. tree →

2) (informal) Fancy and with too much decoration, as in «a frilly speech». tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it describes clothes such as frilly dresses, frilly socks or a frilly blouse, and fancy things like frilly lettuce or paper cases. In nature lessons, the «frilled lizard» of Australia spreads a frilly neck to scare enemies. In stories, frilly clothes can show a character is fancy or old-fashioned.

examples

• She wore a frilly pink dress to the party. tree →
• The baby has frilly white socks. tree →
• The curtains had a frilly edge. tree →
• The frilled lizard opens its frilly collar to look scary. tree →
• I like plain cupcakes, not frilly ones. tree →
• Lettuce leaves have frilly edges. tree →

note

Comparative «frillier», superlative «frilliest». Noun «frill». «No frills» means plain and simple, with no extras.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «frilly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.