well-dressed

[ wel-drest ]

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adjective

attired in clothing that is of good quality, is properly fitted, and is appropriate and becoming.

Origin of well-dressed

First recorded in 1570–80

Words Nearby well-dressed

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How to use well-dressed in a sentence

In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
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A well-dressed young man engaged him in conversation, and mentioned that he was a musician.
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“This poor guy has a pea coat on,” he says, pointing to a well-dressed youngster in the front row.
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Gathered in a cavernous underground hotel ballroom in Washington D.C., all the young people were serious and well dressed.
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Would a bisexual man be half as sassy as a gay one, or half as well dressed?
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He was a big man, and looked bigger than he was; good-looking too; ruddy, portly, well-dressed and formal.
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As for the girl struggling with the second woman—the one called “Martha”—she was not very well dressed.
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Harmony—To appear well dressed without harmony, both in color and materials, is impossible.
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He had the unmistakable air of the dissipated life; he was well dressed, and handsome, in a picturesque way.
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In the well-dressed women I saw to-night, I had great difficulty in recognising the slatterns of the other morning.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham

British Dictionary definitions for well-dressed

well-dressed

adjective(well dressed when postpositive)

neatly, expensively, or fashionably attired

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