"well-groomed" meaning in English

See well-groomed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: better-groomed [comparative], more well-groomed [comparative], best-groomed [superlative], most well-groomed [superlative], well groomed [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|better-groomed|more|sup=best-groomed}} well-groomed (comparative better-groomed or more well-groomed, superlative best-groomed or most well-groomed)
  1. (of a person) neat and well-dressed Translations (neat and well-dressed): jaso (Basque), 衣冠楚楚 (yīguānchǔchǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), nydelig (Danish), siististi pukeutunut (Finnish), siisti (Finnish), soigné (French), gepflegt (German), soigniert [dated] (German), ápolt (Hungarian), azzimato (Italian), ripulito (Italian), agghindato (Italian), souongni (Norman), nydelig (Norwegian Bokmål), zadbany (Polish), ухо́женный (uxóžennyj) (Russian), холёный (xoljónyj) (Russian), acicalado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-well-groomed-en-adj-CxpA1h5O Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'neat and well-dressed': 75 25
  2. neat and tidy Translations (neat and tidy): siisti (Finnish), zadbany (Polish)
    Sense id: en-well-groomed-en-adj-wlGVZ-bY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of 'neat and tidy': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kempt
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