Sunday best in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Sunday best in the English»French Dictionary

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

See also Sunday best, well2, well1, good

I.well2 [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] N

well → well up

I.well1 <comp better; superl best> [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] ADJ

2. well (in satisfactory state, condition):

II.well1 <comp better; superl best> [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] ADV

1. well (satisfactorily):

2. well (used with modal verbs):

it may well be that + subj

3. well (intensifier):

III.well1 [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] INTERJ

I.good [Brit ɡʊd, Am ɡʊd] N

2. good (benefit):

III.good <comp better, superl best> [Brit ɡʊd, Am ɡʊd] ADJ

15. good (competent):

VI.good [Brit ɡʊd, Am ɡʊd] INTERJ

VII.good [Brit ɡʊd, Am ɡʊd]

See also Newspapers

Sunday best in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Sunday best in the English»French Dictionary

See also Friday

I.best [best] ADJ superl of good

1. best (the finest):

See also well2, well1, good

I.well1 <better, best> [wel] ADJ

II.well1 <better, best> [wel] ADV

III.well1 [wel] INTERJ (exclamation)

I.good <better, best> [gʊd] ADJ

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Shoes were only used for Sunday best and for many of the younger folk going bare foot was the order of the day.
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Children and adults wearing their Sunday best, sing and dance to welcome the rains that will water the new crops.
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With faces painted garishly and decked up in their Sunday best, the girls wait in groups or alone, soliciting customers.
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Everyone put on their Sunday best -- men in suits, women in hats and gloves.
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His neighbours became anarchists in their Sunday best.
www.independent.co.uk
At the end of the employment they would attend the mop fair dressed in their Sunday best clothes and carrying an item signifying their trade.
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Boys may wear a suit or tuxedo, or their Sunday best.
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Children are also typically in their Sunday best.
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During the 1600s they wore the same clothes as everyone else, but when they had their portraits done they wore their Sunday best, which tended to be black.
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In general, men and women dress respectfully, typically wearing their Sunday best to enter the church.
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