presentability
- a word derived from presentable.
Example Sentences
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This entire conversation is arguably rooted in power — specifically, who has the power to be above society's rules and standards for presentability, respectability, cleanliness, attractiveness.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2021
I’d guess that the first reason men grow beards after stepping back from demanding jobs that require constant professional presentability is physical: Shaving is time-consuming and takes a toll on the skin.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2019
And so the etiquette-book business flourished, scores of manuals pouring forth to soothe and lead the nouveau riche nervously forward to some kind of presentability.
From Time Magazine Archive
His trousers were in the last stage of presentability.
From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George
In that debatable land where the artistic and the convenient meet at the fire-side and the tea-table, English invention, enterprise and solicitude for the comfort and presentability of home shone conspicuous.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various
