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(now chiefly historical) A petticoat worn under a skirt or another petticoat..
I beheld the charmingest creature in the world, supporting herself on the arm of the gasping Dorcas, sighing, trembling, and ready to faint, with nothing on but an under-petticoat […].
Use underpetticoat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Underpetticoat means (now chiefly historical) A petticoat worn under a skirt or another petticoat..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I beheld the charmingest creature in the world, supporting herself on the arm of the gasping Dorcas, sighing, trembling, and ready to faint, with nothing on but an under-petticoat […].
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