Example Sentences

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Passionate analysts likely recognized a few crossover images from the first season; in each of them, monkeys feature prominently, but only in the second season they're fancily dressed.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2022

Not long ago I discovered a delightful Twitter thread wherein various Irish people recounted the comments they had received after making the mistake of dressing a little oddly or fancily.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2022

Both are fancily dressed, and neither has identification or a cellphone.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2019

When he did so, the back of Yoakam's  working-man's jacket revealed a line of fancily sequined musical notes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2015

They get it divided into rows of long parts in very intricate patterns so their heads end up looking like balls of dark wool made of a hundred pieces, very fancily stitched together.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver