knee-length

adjective

of clothing
: reaching to the knees
a knee-length skirt
knee-length socks

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The singer paired the simple ensemble with knee-length shorts, black tights and black and white heels. Raven Brunner, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025 Women can wear a nice top and skirt, a knee-length or midi dress, or a suit. Shelby Wax, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2025 Wear them with knee-length socks for extra style points. Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025 The rules include abstaining from substances that are already forbidden by the LDS Church, practicing chastity, forgoing the use of profanity and following a dress code that prohibits men from wearing beards or goatees and requires skirts to be no shorter than knee-length. Ashley Hume, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knee-length

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“Knee-length.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knee-length. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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