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well-dressed

well-dressed adjective: clothed or outfitted in fashionable or attractive personal apparel and attire.

Adjective

well-dressed (comparative better-dressed, superlative best-dressed)

  1. Clothed or outfitted in fashionable or attractive personal apparel and attire.
    • The man was about thirty-five, very handsome, extremely well-dressed, with striped trousers, a black Homburg and a Burberry raincoat.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 35

Synonyms of well-dressed

All synonyms of well-dressed

Forms of well-dressed

comparativebetter-dressed
superlativebest-dressed

Questions about well-dressed

What does well-dressed mean?
Well-dressed means clothed or outfitted in fashionable or attractive personal apparel and attire.
What part of speech is well-dressed?
Well-dressed is an adjective.

Words near well-dressed in the dictionary

  1. well-disposed
  2. well-disposedness
  3. well-documented
  4. well-doing
  5. well-done
  6. well-dressed
  7. well-earned
  8. well-educated
  9. well-endowed
  10. well-equipped
  11. well-established

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