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- settee 1
1
: a long seat with a back
2
: a medium-sized sofa with arms and a back
Examples of settee in a Sentence
the young couple snuggled on the settee
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Andy hopped onto a nearby settee and wagged his tail.
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Margaret Moorman, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026
Favorites include a tweed couch by Milo Baughman, a settee by Rodney Kinsman, a Siesta chair by Ingmar Relling, and a Bruce Sienkowski armchair.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Feb. 2026
The 39 rooms have buttery linens and walled gardens with giant daybeds (Grand Suites add settees and bathtubs), and cushioned banquettes make up most of the restaurant’s seating.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Curved Settees Curved settees of all kinds were fixtures of living rooms of decades past.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
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Margaret Moorman, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026
Favorites include a tweed couch by Milo Baughman, a settee by Rodney Kinsman, a Siesta chair by Ingmar Relling, and a Bruce Sienkowski armchair.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Feb. 2026
The 39 rooms have buttery linens and walled gardens with giant daybeds (Grand Suites add settees and bathtubs), and cushioned banquettes make up most of the restaurant’s seating.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Curved Settees Curved settees of all kinds were fixtures of living rooms of decades past.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for settee
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“Settee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settee. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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settee
noun
set·tee
se-ˈtē 
1
: a long seat with a back
2
: a medium-sized sofa with arms and a back
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