well-made

[ wel-meyd ]

adjective

1. skillfully built or constructed:

   a well-made sofa.

2. strongly built; well-built:

   sturdy, well-made youngsters.

well-made

adjective

1. made to a good or high standard

Word History and Origins

Origin of well-made¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Example Sentences

He said, “Egg creams are called egg creams because the top of a well-made egg cream looks like whipped egg white.”

From The Daily Beast

Both require a good sense of timing: a well-made drink and a well-delivered insight.

From The Daily Beast

“Very well made,” sure, but is there any joy in owning a $7,000 computer that looks like a coffee pot?

From The Daily Beast

The bridge might be solid and well-made, but if an earthquake causes one or both hills to shake, the bridge is weakened.

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The point by now has been well made and its repetition would lead only to cascading nastiness.

From The Daily Beast

Wide and straight, well made and tree-lined throughout, it supplied the two great arteries of Indian life.

From Project Gutenberg

A tall, rather spare, but well-made and handsome man appeared at the door of the hut.

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The former was twenty-five years old and very corpulent, the latter was fifteen and was slim and well made.

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His clothes fitted him well, and displayed to advantage a figure which, although short, was well made and athletic.

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Tribes of savages still have in use cords made of various materials and some of them very well made.

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Related Words

• durable