Meaning of hevelled | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B2]

Examples

“When last⟳ Saturday proved rainy, I greased the steering throughout, and having mantled the parts once more, did wash⟳ the whole car. I now rejoice to behold it couth, kempt, gainly, hevelled and sightly, though much aggrieved over some spottings which I did not find⟳ delible.”

“But how very young and earnest we looked then! And above all, how very, very kempt, not to say⟳ hevelled.”

“I once described Bud Leavitt, the foremost chronicler of outdoor doings in the state of Maine, as “unkempt and dishevelled,” and got a note⟳ from him explaining that if he were any more kempt or hevelled than he is, nobody in the Bangor area, where he lives, would have⟳ anything to do with him.”

“All through his life he shunned the negative, lived by the affirmative, kempt, always perfectly hevelled, when Henry entered a room we expected things to happen⟳ and we were always appointed.”

“There’s a scruffy-looking man in front of me. He has baggy pants that sag to various levels and a shirt so dishevelled it’s hard to believe⟳ there was ever a time when it was hevelled.”

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