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Definition of "well-groomed" []

  • Attentive to details of dress; meticulously neat. (adjective)
  • Carefully tended or curried: a well-groomed horse. (adjective)
  • Trim and tidy: a well-groomed lawn. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "well-groomed" in a sentence
  • "The rakish wavy hair, facial scruff rock them, the well-groomed should not."
  • "One of the customers, a well-groomed young man in a black suit, bore the appearance of a man preparing to attend a funeral."
  • "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."