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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains" [syn: tailored, trim]
2: (of clothing) custom-made [syn: bespoke, bespoken, made- to-order, tailored, tailor-made]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1862 1. fashioned or fitted to resemble a tailor's work 2. custom-made 3. having the look of one fitted by a custom tailor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (of clothing) well or closely fitted.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tailor Tai"lor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tailored; p. pr. & vb. n. Tailoring.] To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor. These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped rules. --M. Green.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Tailored clothes are designed to fit close to the body, rather than being loose. ...a white tailored shirt. = fitted ADJ: usu ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

a propos, ad rem, adapted, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, bespoke, custom-made, dovetailing, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, geared, happy, just right, likely, meshing, on the button, opportune, pat, qualified, ready-made, ready-to-wear, relevant, right, sartorial, seasonable, sortable, store-bought, suitable, suited, suiting, to the point, to the purpose, vestmental