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 and well-dressed
  • adjective neat and tidy

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  • adjective having your hair neatly brushed and combed
  • adjective having tasteful clothing and being scrupulously neat

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • I mean, as a viewer, you know, I guess I just they were so well-groomed coming out of there.

    Millions Worldwide Share In Chilean Celebration 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • One of the customers, a well-groomed young man in a black suit, bore the appearance of a man preparing to attend a funeral.

    A GAME OF CIRCUMSTANCE • by Tommy B. Smith 2009

  • The rakish wavy hair, facial scruff rock them, the well-groomed should not.

    Second Skin Steve Garbarino 2012

  • 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

  • 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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