tenue
Americannoun
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personal bearing or deportment, especially dignified or graceful deportment.
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style of dress; outfit or set of clothing.
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He knows Ronaldo will be missing for the start of his tenue.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2022
It is clear to me that Mr. Finkel obtained access and a copy of the video during his tenue as an embedded journalist.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2013
They were banished from the drawing-room, except on special occasions, when they came en grande tenue, in their best things, and were jeered at by Mr. Copperhead.
From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
I do not know—in your own country it may be—here it is the wife of someone else who holds the charm—and if it were not for tenue society could not exist.
From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor
The ship's company looked at them with astonishment when they came on deck, for they had never seen them en grand tenue before.
From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.
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