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WELL-APPOINTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does well-appointed mean?
• WELL-APPOINTED (adjective)
The adjective WELL-APPOINTED has 1 sense:
1. having a full array of suitable equipment or furnishings
Familiarity information: WELL-APPOINTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a full array of suitable equipment or furnishings
Synonyms:
well-appointed; well-found
Context example:
a well-appointed apartment
Similar:
equipped; furnished (provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority))
Context examples
Susan, who had an innate taste for the genteel and well-appointed, was eager to hear, and Fanny could not but indulge herself in dwelling on so beloved a theme.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
It's a dandy, well-appointed, small steam laundry.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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