well-affected
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It has been said that the great mass of the citizens of this State are well-affected, notwithstanding, to the general government and the Union; and I am willing to believe it, nay, do believe it.
From Patrick Henry by Moses Coit Tyler
It was irksome to me to converse about such feelings and objects, even with well-affected people, when they could not penetrate the deepest sense, and lingered merely on the surface.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Probably, the new president’s emissaries were instructed to look for a list of “conspirators”—of well-affected citizens, that is—who meant to support the honorable régime of Valdez.
From His Unknown Wife by Louis Tracy
Stubber started with well-affected astonishment, and appeared as if astounded at the keen acuteness of the Duke's suggestion.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
Thither, then, did the Scottish monarch, attended by all the well-affected nobles of his realm, repair to meet his bride.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by John Mackay Wilson
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