Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Well-to-do; well off; wealthy.

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Examples

  • Kellen felt as if he were swimming-and not very well-in a sea of new ideas.

    Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

  • Her government's lasting achievement was the well-in tentioned but misguided introduction of the national curriculum.

    Cameron's First 100 Days 2010

  • However, there were drawbacks as well-in the glimpses she'd gotten of the ceiling, she wasn't altogether sure of how stable it was, and it wouldn't do her a great deal of good to bring the ceiling down on herself instead of blasting her way out.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Thoughts of favin's distress at his absence rattled through his mind as well-in all the times Javin had taken him to help crew the digs, Cheyne had never so directly ignored Javin's warnings.

    Song of Time McLaren, Teri 1996

  • Thoughts of favin's distress at his absence rattled through his mind as well-in all the times Javin had taken him to help crew the digs, Cheyne had never so directly ignored Javin's warnings.

    Song of Time McLaren, Teri 1996

  • Sometimes they mean well-in spite of everything, I believe the founders of the United States did-but that doesn't long outlive them.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

  • However, I know my own temperament, and yours, very well-in cither case.

    The Fate of the Phoenix Culbreath, Myrna 1979

  • But he is all right; that is, he is alive and well-in body.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • But he is all right; that is, he is alive and well-in body.

    The Translation of a Savage, Volume 1 Gilbert Parker 1897

  • But he is all right; that is, he is alive and well-in body.

    The Translation of a Savage, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

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