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tailor-made
[ adjective tey-ler-meyd; noun tey-ler-meyd, -meyd ]
adjective
- custom-made; made-to-order; made-to-measure:
an expensive tailor-made suit.
- fashioned to a particular taste, purpose, demand, etc.:
a musical comedy tailor-made for the popular audience.
noun
- something, as a garment, that is tailor-made.
tailor-made
adjective
- made by a tailor to fit exactly
a tailor-made suit
- perfectly meeting a particular purpose
a girl tailor-made for him
noun
- a tailor-made garment
- slang.a cigarette made in a factory rather than rolled by hand
Word History and Origins
Origin of tailor-made1
Example Sentences
Obviously, the RGA chairmanship was tailor made for Governor Christie when he assumed the position on November 21, 2013.
The power ballad “Unconditionally” is tailor-made to soundtrack a Nicholas Sparks movie.
As Dooley sees it, green energy is an issue tailor made for Tea Party types.
The modest calf-length skirts and dresses could be tailor made for Kate Middleton.
This approach is, of course, tailor-made for local news outlets.
I am not the style for tailor-made things, but goodness knows I am glad enough to get anything.
She wore a neat tailor-made dress of brown cloth, and a small black velvet hat with a big gold buckle.
The tailor-made gown was not looked upon as a regenerator of æsthetic standards, but it has proved that.
Then the slender figure in its faultless tailor-made gown disappeared into the omnibus.
The cut of her tailor-made gown was perfection, her gloves and boots could scarcely have come from anywhere but Paris.
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