Well-meaning
11well-meaning — /wel mee ning/, adj. 1. meaning or intending well; having good intentions: a well meaning but tactless person. 2. Also, well meant /wel ment /. proceeding from good intentions: Her well meaning words were received in silence. [1350 1400; ME] * *… …
12well-meaning — /ˈwɛl minɪŋ / (say wel meening) adjective 1. meaning or intending well: *Even you, Edith, agree that being well meaning isn t enough in negotiated positions. –frank moorhouse, 1988. 2. proceeding from good intentions. Also, (especially in… …
13well-meaning — adjective Date: 15th century 1. having good intentions < well meaning but misguided idealists > 2. based on good intentions < well meaning advice > …
14well-meaning — UK / US adjective trying to help but often making things worse Her well meaning remarks just make us uncomfortable. a well meaning friend/person/group …
15well-meaning — adjective intending or intended to be helpful, but not succeeding: a well meaning but misguided attempt to reconcile the couple see also: he/she means well mean 1 (16) …
16well-meaning — adjective With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation. The boy is well meaning enough, but he usually ruins things one way or another …
17well meaning — see well meaning …
18Well Meaning Fiction — Infobox Album Name = Well Meaning Fiction Type = studio Artist = Mainstay |250px Released = February 21, 2006 Recorded = Genre = Melodic rock Length = Label = BEC Recordings Producer = Reviews = Last album = Mainstay EP (2005) This album = Well… …
19well-meaning — Synonyms and related words: agreeable, amiable, amicable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, brotherly, congenial, cooperative, favorable, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, harmonious, kind, kindly, kindly disposed, neighborlike,… …
20well-meaning — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. well intentioned, with the best intentions, kind[ly], well disposed, sympathetic. See benevolence …
