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shevelled

shevelled adjective: very tidy; neat; ordered.

shevelled: very tidy; neat; ordered
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Adjective

shevelled (not comparable)

  1. (humorous, clothes, or appearance) very tidy; neat; ordered.
    • Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way. I wanted desperately to meet her, but I knew I'd have to make bones about it, since I was travelling cognito.1994 July 25, Jack Winter, How I Met my Wife, New Yorker, page 82
    • Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way. I wanted desperately to meet her, but I knew I'd have to make bones about it, since I was travelling cognito.2004, Kate Burridge, Blooming English, page 140

Forms of shevelled

alternative formhevelled

Origin of shevelled

Back-formation from dishevelled.

Questions about shevelled

What does shevelled mean?
Shevelled means very tidy; neat; ordered.
What part of speech is shevelled?
Shevelled is an adjective.

Words near shevelled in the dictionary

  1. Shevchenko
  2. Shevchenkove
  3. Shevchuk
  4. Shevchuks
  5. Shevel
  6. shevelled
  7. Shevelov
  8. Shevlin
  9. Shevlins
  10. shevri
  11. Shevuos

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