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shevelled en · ADJ

Etymology

Back-formation from dishevelled.

Meanings

1. (humorous, not-comparable, of a person's hair, qualifier:clothes; or appearance; clothes; or appearance) 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. 2004, Kate Burridge, Blooming English, page 140:
   • 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. 1994 July 25, Jack Winter, How I Met my Wife, New Yorker, page 82:
   • She fixed it in no time at all, transforming it from dishevelled back to shevelled—if shevelled is even a word, that is. 2015, Andreas Oertel, Trouble at Impact Lake, page 119:

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