shevelled
English
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- (humorous, of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) very tidy; neat; ordered.
- 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.
- 2015, Andreas Oertel, Trouble at Impact Lake, page 119:
- She fixed it in no time at all, transforming it from dishevelled back to shevelled—if shevelled is even a word, that is.