well-groomed

[ wel-groomd, -groomd ]
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adjective
  1. having the hair, skin, etc., well cared for; well-dressed, clean, and neat: a well-groomed young man.

  2. (of an animal) tended, cleaned, combed, etc., with great care.

  1. carefully cared for; neat; tidy: a well-groomed lawn.

Origin of well-groomed

1
First recorded in 1885–90

Words Nearby well-groomed

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How to use well-groomed in a sentence

  • He was as well groomed as usual, but he was unmistakably pale beneath his new coat of tan.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • In Cornelia's face the well-groomed expression showed sudden signs of immediate disorganization.

    Molly Make-Believe | Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
  • Made-up neckwear of any kind is not worn by well-groomed men.

    The Complete Bachelor | Walter Germain
  • He was especially well groomed, whereas Nibbetts was at once leonine, rugged, and nearly shabby.

    The Tigress | Anne Warner
  • He 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

well-groomed

adjective(well groomed when postpositive)
  1. (of a person) having a tidy pleasing appearance

  2. kept tidy and neat: a well-groomed garden

  1. (of an animal) well turned out and tended: a well-groomed horse

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