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groomy en · ADJ

Etymology

From groom + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a groom (all senses).
   • For those who gave definite answers, the younger and the more educated respondents expressed a groomier view than their counterparts. 1988, Indicators of Social Development―Hong Kong, page 38:
   • There was another showing Chief Ottermole, looking even handsomer and groomier, thanks to Edna Mae's fond attentions, arresting a medium-sized man who had his head turned away from the camera. 2012, Charlotte MacLeod, An Owl Too Many:
   • His companions were two men of no attractive appearance; the one short and groomy, the other taller and effeminate, with low-cut turndown collar, curly locks, and pink-and-white complexion. 1885, Robert J. Langstaff de Havilland, The Forked Tongue, page 209:

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