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WELL-DRESSED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having tasteful clothing and being scrupulously neat

Synonyms:

well-dressed; well-groomed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

groomed (neat and smart in appearance; well cared for)

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 Context examples: 

There was a group of shabbily dressed men smoking and laughing in a corner, a scissors-grinder with his wheel, two guardsmen who were flirting with a nurse-girl, and several well-dressed young men who were lounging up and down with cigars in their mouths.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I looked: I saw a woman attired like a well-dressed servant, matronly, yet still young; very good-looking, with black hair and eyes, and lively complexion.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)