shirt-sleeve

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [shurt sleev]
- /ʃɜrt sliv/
- /ʃɜːt sliːv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shurt sleev]
- /ʃɜrt sliv/

Definitions of shirt-sleeve word

adjective shirt-sleeve not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob. 1
adjective shirt-sleeve warm enough to live or work in without wearing a jacket or coat: shirt-sleeve weather in November. 1
adjective shirt-sleeve simple, plain, and informal; direct and straightforward in approach, manner, etc.: shirt-sleeve diplomacy. 1
adjective shirt-sleeve in, or suitable for being in, one's shirt sleeves 0
adjective shirt-sleeve plain, direct, and informal 0

See all 5 definitions of shirt-sleeve

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Origin of shirt-sleeve

First appearance:

before 1560

One of the 32% oldest English words

First recorded in 1560-70

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Shirt-sleeve

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Shirt-sleeve

shirt-sleeve popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.