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[ wel-groomd, -groomd ] / ˈwɛlˈgrumd, -ˈgrʊmd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR well-groomed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving 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-groomedFirst recorded in 1885–90 Words nearby well-groomedwell-fortified, well-found, well-founded, well-furnished, well-governed, well-groomed, well-grounded, well-guarded, well-handled, wellhead, well-heeled Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for well-groomedThey easily blended in among the aging hippies, well-groomed yuppies, and Hollywood actors. Whitey Bulger's Wily Girl|Christine Pelisek|June 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST Another palace picture showed the well-groomed little Mohamed a few years later talking on the phone as if playing president. Hosni Mubarak's Final Tragedy|Christopher Dickey|February 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST In the family box in front of the TV cameras, the Palins were assembled, looking inhumanly gorgeous and well-groomed. The Palin Girls Don't Share|Meghan McCain|September 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST 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
The next morning, when I was well-groomed, Polly and Dolly came into the yard to see me and make friends. The carriage with the well-groomed horses in their shining harness had drawn up at the curb. Justin Wingate, Ranchman|John H. Whitson In a word, he had ceased to be the handsome, well-groomed man the world knew as Burr Curtiss. That Affair at Elizabeth|Burton E. Stevenson The crowd was not suggestive of fashionable New York, though there were present many fine-looking, well-groomed men and women. The Long Day|Dorothy Richardson
British Dictionary definitions for well-groomed
adjective (well groomed when postpositive)(of a person) having a tidy pleasing appearance kept tidy and neata well-groomed garden (of an animal) well turned out and tendeda well-groomed horse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to well-groomeddapper, clean, impeccable, neat, shipshape, spruce, trim |