well-cultivated
Britishadjective
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(of land, plants, etc) tilled, planted, or maintained in a satisfactory manner
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(of a trait, talent, etc) fostered or improved by study or practice
his well-cultivated sarcasm
Example Sentences
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While 1989’s “Mothers Milk” had been a modest success, the band’s music — punk-indebted Muscle Beach funk-rock — lagged behind their well-cultivated image.
From Los Angeles Times
No hip-hop artist has so deftly balanced a well-cultivated street authenticity—“character” work—with such a virtuosic flair for corporate capitalism.
From Slate
Unlike Zinke, whose well-cultivated cowboy persona is “all hat, no cattle,” Clement says, “the real work is being done by Bernhardt.”
From Slate
Israel is typically wary of exposing the exploits of the global arm of its vaunted intelligence community of fear of revealing its well-cultivated sources or undermining its mystique.
From Seattle Times
This prince is not that way; he’s well-cultivated but is so bored with being like that.
From Seattle Times
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