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presentablepre‧sent‧a‧ble /prɪˈzentəbəl/ adjective - Arnold was a very presentable young fellow.
- It will take about $7,500 to make the house presentable to buyers.
- We don't have to wear suits for work, but we do have to look presentable.
- Although Bitstream players often sound a little smoother and more presentable, the process is difficult to engineer successfully.
- And this process of making order is presentable only subjectively and in the present.
- Doing it from scratch basically down to writing the page in that make it look presentable, and links to other pages.
- Helen watched my grandmother with a peculiar horror, for my grandmother had abandoned all attempts to make herself presentable.
- I make sure Mum looks presentable on Mondays and Thursdays.
- The other men were even worse, even less presentable.
- This man was in every way presentable.
- This part of the garage was a little more presentable.
wearing good clothes and looking tidy ► well-dressed wearing good or expensive clothes: · The photograph showed a well-dressed man in his early 50s.· The young woman with the children looked too well-dressed to be a nanny.· He walked into the party with a beautiful well-dressed blonde on his arm. ► smart British if you look smart or your clothes are smart , you are dressed in an attractive way and you look very tidy: · The editor was slim, smart and dark-haired.· You look really smart today, Chris. Have you got a job interview?· The waitresses were the smartest ones I'd ever seen.· That's a smart suit, Sam. ► neat If you look neat or if you have neat clothes, the clothes you are wearing are clean, ironed, and fit you properly: · She had been waiting there all night, but she still looked neat.· A man in a neat gray suit sat on the other side of the bar.neat and clean: · They didn't have much money, but the children were always neat and clean. ► presentable well-dressed enough for meeting people, socially or in your job: · We don't have to wear suits for work, but we do have to look presentable.· Arnold was a very presentable young fellow. ► well-groomed someone who is well-groomed has clean, neat hair, wears good clothes, and looks as if they have spent a lot of time and money on their appearance: · She's marrying a well-groomed successful businessman named Paul.· Ambassadors' wives are expected to look fashionable and well-groomed. ► sharp dressed in a way that shows you have good judgement about what clothes look good on you and what other people will admire: · Hey, you look sharp. Where'd you get the suit?sharp dresser: · Paula's a very sharp dresser, so I always have her go shopping with me. ► dapper a man, especially a small man, who is dapper wears neat, tidy clothes and is generally very smart in appearance: · The Captain was a dapper little man with a neat moustache and shiny shoes.· Graham walked into the restaurant, looking dapper in a grey business suit. ► well turned out someone who is well turned out has taken care that their clothes and general appearance are clean and neat, for example for a special occasion: · Nico looked trim and well turned out in a new dark suit.· The principal expected everyone to be well turned out on graduation day. ► snazzy informal clothes that are snazzy are bright, colourful, and attractive: · I love those snazzy little silk dresses.· There were racks and racks of snazzy swimming trunks.· Dale spun around the dance floor in a snazzy blue suit. to make yourself look well-dressed and tidy► smarten yourself up British if you smarten yourself up , you make yourself look smart by changing your clothes, arranging your hair etc: · She's smartening herself up in the ladies' room.· Jeremy, go smarten yourself up before dinner.smarten up: · Smarten up! It's time for inspection. ► spruce (yourself) up/get spruced up to wash, tidy your hair, put on good clothes etc before doing something or going somewhere: · On Saturdays we got spruced up and headed off into town.· He spent a few minutes sprucing up in front of the mirror and he was ready to go.· I think I'll go and spruce myself up before dinner. ► make yourself presentable to wash, put on nice enough clothes, and tidy your hair so that you can meet people: · Give me a few more minutes to make myself presentable and I'll be with you. ► make ... presentable Let’s tidy up and make the house a bit more presentable. ► make myself presentable I must go and make myself presentable. tidy and attractive enough to be seen or shown to someone: She’s a presentable young woman. Let’s tidy up and make the house a bit more presentable. I must go and make myself presentable.—presentably adverb |