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shevelled

adj

Etymology

Back-formation from dishevelled.

Definitions

  1. very tidy

    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.
    • 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.
    • She fixed it in no time at all, transforming it from dishevelled back to shevelled—if shevelled is even a word, that is.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA