manicured

comparative more manicured · superlative most manicured

1. Finely trimmed or polished; groomed.

   elegant galleries looking out onto manicured gardens

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   As everyone knows, Southampton is the clean, well-lit place of Gatsbyan mansions that are called cottages, of manicured lawns, striped tents, helicopter pads, and Mercedeses for the servants.

   1981 April 25, Taki [i.e., Taki Theodoracopulos], “The Twain Meet”, in Princes, Playboys, & High-class Tarts, New York, N.Y.: Karz-Cohl Publishing, published 1984, →ISBN, part 5 (Politics and Partying), page 98

   [On growing up in Cupertino] We barely had seasons, and instead of landmarks we had office parks (where my parents worked), manicured trees, and ample parking.

   2019, Jenny Odell, “Exercises in attention”, in How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, Brooklyn, NY: Melville House, →ISBN, page 96

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