presentable

In good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive.

Adjective

  1. In good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive.
    • Before we go out, let me just go to the washroom and make myself presentable.
    • Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his...
  2. Acceptable; worth considering.
    • Liverpool took control of what had been a tight game, with Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford missing presentable chances, when former Old Trafford target Cody Gakpo applied a smooth finish to Andy Robertson's perfect...
  3. Capable of being presented to a church living.

Origin

From Middle French presentable, from Old French, as if present + -able.

Forms

more presentable most presentable

Derived

nonpresentable presentableness presentably unpresentable