sartorial

[sahr-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-]

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adjective

of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
of or relating to clothing or style or manner of dress: sartorial splendor.
Anatomy. pertaining to the sartorius.

Origin of sartorial

1815–25; < Late Latin sartor tailor + -ial

Related formssar·to·ri·al·ly, adverbpre·sar·to·ri·al, adjectiveun·sar·to·ri·al, adjectiveun·sar·to·ri·al·ly, adverb

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Contemporary Examples

Ahmadinejad may talk a big game on the global stage, but sartorially speaking, he's a man of the people.
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She is stolid and reliable, sartorially and in seemingly every other way, and that forms the essence of her appeal.
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Historical Examples

Sartorially at least, the company was eminently respectable.
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Eugene Walter and Arthur Hornblow
He was unshaven, he was wearing the suit substituted for his own; and Florence, sartorially, was not much better off.
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Harold MacGrath
The Editor, too, was a considerable advance—at least sartorially—over the one I remembered.
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Lewis R. Freeman
She was characterized, sartorially, only by that unobtrusive yet exquisite neatness whose practice some women bring to a fine art.
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Henry Sydnor Harrison

British Dictionary definitions for sartorially

sartorial

adjective

of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
anatomy of or relating to the sartorius

Derived Formssartorially, adverb

Word Origin

C19: from Late Latin sartōrius from sartor

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Word Origin and History for sartorially

sartorial

adj.

"pertaining to a tailor," 1807, from Modern Latin sartorius, from Late Latin sartor "tailor" (cf. French sartre "tailor"), literally "patcher, mender," from Latin sart-, past participle stem of sarcire "to patch, mend," from PIE root *serk- "to make whole." Earlier in English in same sense was Related: sartorian (1660s). Sartorius as the name of the long leg muscle is because it is used in crossing the legs to bring them into the position needed to sit like a tailor. Related: Sartorially.

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Examples from the Web for sartorially

Contemporary Examples

Ahmadinejad may talk a big game on the global stage, but sartorially speaking, he's a man of the people.

She is stolid and reliable, sartorially and in seemingly every other way, and that forms the essence of her appeal.

Historical Examples

Sartorially at least, the company was eminently respectable.

He was unshaven, he was wearing the suit substituted for his own; and Florence, sartorially, was not much better off.

The Editor, too, was a considerable advance—at least sartorially—over the one I remembered.

She was characterized, sartorially, only by that unobtrusive yet exquisite neatness whose practice some women bring to a fine art.

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Word Origin

Word Origin and History for sartorially

sartorial

adj.

Origin of sartorial