low-necked
(of a dress or other garment) cut low so as to leave the neck and shoulders exposed; décolleté.
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How to use low-necked in a sentence
The landlady, clad in a low-necked black dress with long sweeping train, was typical of many we saw in the old-country hotels.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyShe undid it, freed her thin shoulders, and saw herself a bride in low-necked satin, walking down an aisle with Lucius Harney.
Summer | Edith WhartonAs Mr. Wilding, his back to her a moment, closed the door, Ruth slipped the paper hurriedly into the bosom of her low-necked gown.
Mistress Wilding | Rafael SabatiniMinna wore low-necked collars, and a little black velvet ribbon round her neck, and pink beads.
The Devourers | Annie Vivanti ChartresShe had learned, we know not where, that at formal dinners ladies should wear low-necked gowns.
The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 | Armando Palacio Valds
British Dictionary definitions for low-necked
(of a woman's garment) having a low neckline
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