Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Given to what is well or good; well-meaning; well-intentioned.
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Examples
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Even the applause at the end of any well-given number was gentle and subdued.
The Mystery of Monastery Farm H. R. Naylor
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An angry word, even a flash of the eye, has been known to take the point off some well-given talk or testimony.
Standards of Life and Service Thomas Henry Howard 1886
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She thought she did not like to play such things as this, One of the figures below her was so very wicked and devilish in its look; and Hamilton leaned over the pieces on the board with so well-given an expression of doubt and perplexity, – his adversary's watch was so intent, – and the meaning of the whole was so sorrowfully deep; that Daisy gazed unconsciously most like a guardian angel who might see with sorrow the evil one getting the better over a soul of his care.
Melbourne House 1907
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She thought she did not like to play such things as this, One of the figures below her was so very wicked and devilish in its look; and Hamilton leaned over the pieces on the board with so well-given an expression of doubt and perplexity, his adversary's watch was so intent, and the meaning of the whole was so sorrowfully deep; that Daisy gazed unconsciously most like a guardian angel who might see with sorrow the evil one getting the better over a soul of his care.
Melbourne House Susan Warner 1852
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