low-necked

[ loh-nekt ]

/ ˈloʊˈnɛkt /

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adjective

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

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Origin of low-necked

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby low-necked

Low Mass, low milling, low-minded, lown, Lowndes, low-necked, lowp, low-pass filter, low-pitched, low-power, low-pressure

How to use low-necked in a sentence

The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
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Fleshy breasts taunted him from low bikini tops, and fleshy thighs sloped from bikini bottoms.
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“He has to really stay on the down low, he has to make sure that he blends in,” Ney told the Beast.
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Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
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Malaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.
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In their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.
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It is low in chronic interstitial nephritis, diabetes insipidus, and many functional nervous disorders.
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The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.
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In pneumonia chlorids are constantly very low, and in some cases are absent entirely.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Suddenly she stopped laughing, and said in a low voice, "You don't happen to have a beefsteak about you, do you?"
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British Dictionary definitions for low-necked

low-necked

adjective

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

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low-necked

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