Meaning & use
sartorial style
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Meanings
nouncountable or uncountableformal
The way a person dresses, especially when it is elegant or shows careful attention to tailoring.
Grammar: Can be used with 'a' or without: a distinctive sartorial style; his sartorial style is famous.
Patterns
- someone's sartorial style
- a sartorial style
His sartorial style is always sharp and well-tailored.
The magazine praised her sartorial style at the awards ceremony.
He is known for a sartorial style that mixes classic and modern.
nouncountable or uncountableformal
The overall fashion choices associated with a particular group or period.
Grammar: Often used when discussing trends or historical dress.
Patterns
- the sartorial style of a period
- a sartorial style
The sartorial style of the 1920s was elegant and bold.
Their sartorial style reflects a love of vintage clothing.
Common combinations
- impeccable sartorial style
- She is known for her impeccable sartorial style.
- distinctive sartorial style
- He has a distinctive sartorial style that sets him apart.
- sartorial elegance
- The event was full of sartorial elegance.
- sartorial choices
- His sartorial choices often make the news.
Synonyms and how they differ
- fashion sense
- More general and informal; sartorial style is formal and often implies tailoring.
- dress sense
- Common in British English; it focuses on everyday choices, while sartorial style suggests elegance.
Word family
- sartorial adjective
- Relating to tailoring or clothing.
- sartorially adverb
- In a way that relates to clothing: sartorially elegant.
Commonly confused: sartorial style or sartorial?
sartorial style vs sartorial
Sartorial is an adjective; sartorial style is a noun phrase. Don't say 'a sartorial' to mean a style.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'sartorial style' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Sartorial style is a noun phrase meaning a way of dressing. The other options misuse it as a verb or apply it to the wrong topic.
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