well-made

  • 1well-made — [wel′mād′] adj. 1. well proportioned; strongly built; skillfully and soundly put together 2. Literature Drama a) skillfully constructed or contrived [a well made plot] b) having a skillfully contrived plot [a well made play] …

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  • 2well-made — well′ made′ adj. 1) cvb skillfully built or put together 2) cvb characterized by a carefully constructed and sometimes contrived plot: a well made play[/ex] • Etymology: 1250–1300 …

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  • 3well-made — index solid (sound), strong Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4well-made — /wɛl ˈmeɪd/ (say wel mayd) adjective 1. of or relating to that which has been made well: a well made sewing machine. 2. (of an animal, especially a human) conforming in size, strength and appearance to the most admired type: Ben was a well made… …

  • 5well-made — /wel mayd /, adj. 1. skillfully built or constructed: a well made sofa. 2. strongly built; well built: sturdy, well made youngsters. [1250 1300; ME] * * * …

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  • 6well-made — made with high quality, manufactured well …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 7Well-made play — The well made play (from the French: pièce bien faite ) is a genre of theatre from the nineteenth century, which Eugène Scribe first codified and is thought to have created and which Victorien Sardou developed. By the mid nineteenth century, it… …

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  • 8well-made play — French pièce bien faite Play constructed according to strict technical principles that produce neatness of plot and theatrical effectiveness. The form was developed с 1825 by Eugène Scribe and became dominant on 19th century European and U.S.… …

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  • 9well-made — Synonyms and related words: Junoesque, adamantine, agreeable, amply endowed, assembled, becoming, bonny, braw, built, built for comfort, bulky, buxom, callipygian, callipygous, cast, clean, clean cut, comely, constructed, crafted, created,… …

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  • 10well-made — adjective Properly constructed or manufactured …

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