Clean-cut
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having a neat, smart appearance
"I fell down / To my bended knees, / Saying, "I dig farmers, / Don't shoot me, please!" / He cocked his rifle / And began to shout, / "You're that travelin' salesman / That I have heard about." / I said, "No! No! No! / I'm a doctor and it's true, / I'm a clean-cut kid / And I been to college, too.""
Adjective
- 1 clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible wordnet
- 2 neat and smart in appearance wordnet
Example
More examples"She never lets you forget her clean-cut image."
Etymology
Apparently from the idea of being smoothly shaped and thus the opposite of “rough” or “coarse”.