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WELL-CHOSEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does well-chosen mean?
• WELL-CHOSEN (adjective)
The adjective WELL-CHOSEN has 1 sense:
1. well expressed and to the point
Familiarity information: WELL-CHOSEN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Well expressed and to the point
Synonyms:
happy; well-chosen
Context example:
a few well-chosen words
Similar:
felicitous (exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style)
Context examples
“A smoker, Mr. Holmes?” said he, speaking in well-chosen English, with a curious little mincing accent.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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