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What is the noun for dressiness?

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dressing
  1. (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
  2. A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
  3. Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
  4. The activity of getting dressed.
  5. (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
  6. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
  7. Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
  8. An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
  9. (dated) Castigation; scolding; dressing down.
  10. (dated) the process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals
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  12. Examples:
    1. “Heavy feeders, sunflowers appreciate a side dressing of compost or fertilizer during the growing season.”
      “Selecting the correct dressing for the wound may ultimately decrease the number of dressing changes needed.”
      “Lightly coat the shrimp with dressing, reserving most of the dressing for the salad.”
dresser
  1. One who dresses in a particular way.
  2. A wardrobe assistant in a theatre (who helps actors put on their costume)
  3. (medicine) A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.
  4. (Britain) A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.
  5. A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.
  6. (dated) A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.
  7. (mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
  8. One who dresses or prepares stone.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “She carefully placed her jewelry on top of the antique dresser, admiring her reflection in the elegant mirror.”
      “Their trousers stuck like glue to the dresser and they brought the dresser down on top of them and all the delph dropped on the floor.”
      “There are no cupboards but there is an open dresser with shelves for the china.”
dress
  1. (countable) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes skirts below the waist.
  2. (uncountable) Apparel, clothing.
  3. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
  4. A dress rehearsal.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “She was wearing a gorgeous red dress that was as dazzling as a ball of fire.”
      “Traditional dress included loose trousers and shirt, with perhaps a robe over that, and a red-felt skullcap.”
      “The funerary stelae from Padua, discussed earlier, depict the male honorand in the dress of a Roman citizen.”
dresser
  1. An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
  2. An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers, often with a mirror.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “She carefully placed her jewelry on top of the antique dresser, admiring her reflection in the elegant mirror.”
      “Their trousers stuck like glue to the dresser and they brought the dresser down on top of them and all the delph dropped on the floor.”
      “There are no cupboards but there is an open dresser with shelves for the china.”
dressmaker
  1. A person who makes tailor-made women's clothes.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He was in the matching tunic and trousers dressmaker Sarah had designed to match the gown of his bride.”
      “Female solo costumes might seem overpriced until you consider that a dressmaker spends 80 to 120 hours on a single costume.”
      “Old-fashioned dressmaker details such as godets in skirts and slot seams look terrific.”
dressiness
  1. The characteristic of being dressy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A cotton poplin button-down shirt is the best thing to add to jeans in order to up the dressiness.”
      “And when the models came out, snooty heads held high, with French pleat or knotted hairdos, they mimicked a bourgeois dressiness.”
      “Having lunch with a major client, for example, may call for more dressiness than ordinary office garb.”
dressmaking
  1. The craft of making dresses.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Paddy was also responsible for dispatching many sewing machines, which formed the basis of a thriving school for tailoring and dressmaking.”
      “It also has a nursery school as well as a community centre where local people can learn dressmaking, leather work and carpentry.”
      “Other courses included dressmaking, upholstery and machine knitting, as well as basic skills such as English for speakers of other languages.”
dressmakings
dressmakers
dressings
  1. plural of dressing
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Treatment with moisture-retentive dressings consisted of either a hydrocolloid, an alginate, or sterile gauze.”
      “There is nothing to be gained by eating rabbit food if you douse it with mayo, oily dressings, cream sauces or sour cream.”
      “The stitches above and below each eye were covered by sterilised adhesive strips, with gauze dressings hiding everything from view.”
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