sartorially, adv.
(sɑːˈtɔərɪəlɪ)
[f. sartorial a. + -ly2.]
With regard to clothes.
| 1905 W. J. Locke Morals of Marcus Ordeyne xii. 146 When she puts her foot upon my sartorially immaculate knee. 1916 ― Wonderful Year xvii. 245 Like a woman clothes-starved for years..Martin ran sartorially mad. 1928 Daily Express 16 Apr. 3/4 Sartorially magnificent in all-over woolly tights. 1970 Daily Tel. 30 Dec. 9/2 Sartorially speaking, men are at last catching up with the women. 1972 Ibid. 14 Mar. 13/7 Sartorially, the beginning of the Chinese ‘thaw’ is to be seen in the gaily-coloured clothes worn by girls and women. 1974 ‘M. Underwood’ Pinch of Snuff ii. 12 The club's most sartorially elegant member. |