low-necked

American  

[loh-nekt] / ˈloʊˈnɛkt /

adjective

1. (of a dress or other garment) cut low so as to leave the neck and shoulders exposed; décolleté.

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low-necked British  

adjective

1. (of a woman's garment) having a low neckline

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Etymology

Origin of low-necked

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Turner, 23, wore a white low-necked jumpsuit with a traditional bridal veil.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2019

Instead, he pulled on, over a low-necked shirt, a Balmain blazer covered with black rhinestones.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 12, 2015

Some pointed to the low-necked skinsuits with more open necks, like swimming gear, and to a new front-fork design, revealed on the eve of the Games, too late for others to copy.

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2012

Herm�s, famed for his sport dresses, featured his low-necked "Boston."

From Time Magazine Archive

Very pretty she looked in her low-necked, white-embroidered frock, with the cherry-coloured sash, her face flushed after the bath.

From Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Arndt, Margaret