well-groomed

adjective

ˈwel-ˈgrümd How to pronounce well-groomed (audio)
-ˈgru̇md
1
: well-dressed and scrupulously neat
well-groomed men
2
: made neat, tidy, and attractive down to the smallest details
a well-groomed lawn

Examples of well-groomed in a Sentence

the famously well-groomed farms of the Amish
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Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of well-groomed was in 1865

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“Well-groomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-groomed. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

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