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sartorially


adjective

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

adjective

  1. of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
  2. anatomy of or relating to the sartorius

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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