well-fixed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of well-fixed
First recorded in 1710–20
Example Sentences
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If that impression is true, then coming back at her with the argument that her in-laws are well-fixed and her brother’s aren’t will only make matters worse.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2022
I assume that, despite being on a fixed income in their retirement, their lifetime of aggressive saving and thrift has left them well-fixed.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2021
I do think you have grounds to warn some of your colleagues against extending Byron another loan if he approaches them, especially if they’re tenderhearted and not especially well-fixed themselves.
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2019
By 1954 he had built the only political party in Pakistan that reached down from the well-fixed minority to assemble genuine popular support.
From Time Magazine Archive
Coincidently he discovered that, in the same mysterious manner, everybody seemed to know that he was, in the Wahaskan phrase, "well-fixed."
From The Price by Lynde, Francis
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