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Answer for the clue "Scarcely scruffy ", 5 letters:
kempt

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Word definitions for kempt in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kempt \Kempt\ (k[e^]mt; 215), p. p. of Kemb ; combed. --B. Jonson. Neatly kept; tidy. Opposite of unkempt .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. neat and tidy; especially used of hair

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (used of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard" [syn: tidy , trim ]

Usage examples of kempt.

For a moment Boshy thought his senses were playing up with him, for there in the door entrance stood the identical girl--the same turkey-egg complexion, stubby nose, and her red hair only changed from unkempt to kempt.

Later, for some reason I was never told, they changed the name to Ruly, Kempt, Sheveled and Couth, and then to Weery, Stale, Flatt and Profitable, and to keep up the front they actually did hire a couple of lawyers and did some real law work for a corporation called Blue Sky, Inc.

Later, for some reason I was never told, they changed the name to Ruly, Kempt, Sheveled and Couth, and then to Weery, Stale, Flatt and Profitable, and to keep up the front they actually did hire a couple of lawyers and did some real law work for a corporation called Blue Sky, Inc.