after-five

adjective

Of or pertaining to clothing that is worn for semiformal events and activities.

Meanings

adjectiveafter-five (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebusinessOf or pertaining to clothing that is worn for semiformal events and activities.

    […] the women wearing after-five dresses, the men in stiff shirts, dark blue suits. It looked more like one of Reagan's state dinners, and I had no place to hide.

    1986, Flying Magazine, volume 113, number 4, page 102
noun
  1. businessAny attire or clothing that is semiformal.
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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