Meaning & use

sleeved

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Fitted or covered with a sleeve, or having sleeves of a specified type.

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The tailor sleeved the jacket with a warm woolen lining.

She wore a long-sleeved dress to the winter gala.

A note on using this word

Often appears in compound adjectives such as "short-sleeved" or "long-sleeved" to describe garment style.

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