Lived-in
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Lived-in is an adjective meaning Looking like someone currently lives there or has lived there, not pristine, not new.
Meaning
Looking like someone currently lives there or has lived there, not pristine, not new.
More Meanings
- (euphemistic) Looking sloppily kept.
- (Of a dramatic performance) fully-realized, well-observed.
Example Sentences
2012, January 24. Richard Brody, "A Better Nomination", The New Yorker. "Pitt's performance is lived-in, exhuberant, hearty …"
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include worn-in, shopworn, ghost-townish, mouldy, homely, rattish.
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