well-content
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of well-content
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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In hand and foot and speech whoso is self restrained; Whoso to ponder inwardly delights, Who liveth lonely and is well-content, Him men call mendicant.
From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Woodward, Frank Lee
For after a time he seemed no longer quiet and well-content.
From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine
Charlie answered, laughing; 'we young scamps must be well-content with coarser stuff than thou wouldst have.'
From Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
But her subjects care not; they are fat and well-content; the goddess smiles on them, and they are the richest in the world.
From Orientations by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
Charlie answered, laughing; "we young scamps must be well-content with coarser stuff than thou wouldst have."
From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
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