Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Attentive to details of dress; meticulously neat.
- adjective Carefully tended or curried.
- adjective Trim and tidy.
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- adjective of a person
neat andwell-dressed - adjective neat and
tidy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having your hair neatly brushed and combed
- adjective having tasteful clothing and being scrupulously neat
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Examples
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But the well-groomed emphasis fed the glamorous mystique of air travel: "People were very respected in their uniforms; they were distinct for both us as pilots as well as those in cabin service."
Meg Hemphill: Pan Am: How Real Are ABC's Uniforms? Meg Hemphill 2011
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But the well-groomed emphasis fed the glamorous mystique of air travel: "People were very respected in their uniforms; they were distinct for both us as pilots as well as those in cabin service."
Meg Hemphill: Pan Am: How Real Are ABC's Uniforms? Meg Hemphill 2011
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I mean, as a viewer, you know, I guess I just they were so well-groomed coming out of there.
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But the well-groomed emphasis fed the glamorous mystique of air travel: "People were very respected in their uniforms; they were distinct for both us as pilots as well as those in cabin service."
Meg Hemphill: Pan Am: How Real Are ABC's Uniforms? Meg Hemphill 2011
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At the panel event it was clear that this unassuming 8th grade history teacher from White Plains was using technology her fellow well-groomed panelists hadn't even heard of -- integrating tools such as My Big Campus, Edmodo and Socrative, to revolutionize the classroom dynamic.
Tanyella Evans: The Classroom of the Future Tanyella Evans 2012
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Tonsorial supremacy for which read: well-groomed, long, lustrous and glossy is the Arthurian quest of every American female.
The Taming of 'The Do' Tina Gaudoin 2011
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One of the customers, a well-groomed young man in a black suit, bore the appearance of a man preparing to attend a funeral.
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The rakish wavy hair, facial scruff rock them, the well-groomed should not.
Second Skin Steve Garbarino 2012
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Once upon a time there were three beautiful sisters with little discernible talent and one well-groomed, overly ambitious mother who at one time wanted to be an actress herself.
Staar: Sex and the Much Married Girl (A Salute to Zsa Zsa Gabor) Staar 2011
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At the panel event it was clear that this unassuming 8th grade history teacher from White Plains was using technology her fellow well-groomed panelists hadn't even heard of -- integrating tools such as My Big Campus, Edmodo and Socrative, to revolutionize the classroom dynamic.
Tanyella Evans: The Classroom of the Future Tanyella Evans 2012
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