well-groomed
having the hair, skin, etc., well cared for; well-dressed, clean, and neat: a well-groomed young man.
(of an animal) tended, cleaned, combed, etc., with great care.
carefully cared for; neat; tidy: a well-groomed lawn.
Origin of well-groomed
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How to use well-groomed in a sentence
Cabins of U.S. jetliners aren't nearly as well groomed as their foreign counterparts.
Think American Airlines Is Rotten? You Have No Idea How Good You Have It | Patrick Smith | October 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNaturally, he likes his girlfriends to be well groomed, too, with their faces “done.”
They easily blended in among the aging hippies, well-groomed yuppies, and Hollywood actors.
The man on the posters has pale, close-set eyes, is well groomed, and has a curiously long neck.
Another palace picture showed the well-groomed little Mohamed a few years later talking on the phone as if playing president.
He was as well groomed as usual, but he was unmistakably pale beneath his new coat of tan.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonIn Cornelia's face the well-groomed expression showed sudden signs of immediate disorganization.
Molly Make-Believe | Eleanor Hallowell AbbottMade-up neckwear of any kind is not worn by well-groomed men.
The Complete Bachelor | Walter GermainHe was especially well groomed, whereas Nibbetts was at once leonine, rugged, and nearly shabby.
The Tigress | Anne WarnerHe had recognized that it was more effective to appear the backwoods lawyer than the well-groomed attorney.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville Buck
British Dictionary definitions for well-groomed
(of a person) having a tidy pleasing appearance
kept tidy and neat: a well-groomed garden
(of an animal) well turned out and tended: a well-groomed horse
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