well-applied
- a word derived from applied.
Example Sentences
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If you’re not familiar with the common parlance of cosmetics, you might not know that ‘a perfect smokey eye’ is a very nice way to describe a woman’s makeup – glamorous, well-applied, nicely smudged.
From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2018
Their contented, vigorous, healthful appearance showed how judicious and well-applied must be the system that could produce such physical results.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Ballou, Maturin Murray
He had often wished that he could really read minds—he had heard rumors of men who could—but a little well-applied psychology is sometimes just as good.
From Fifty Per Cent Prophet by Garrett, Randall
Upon the completion of a Sraddha, the Brahmana who is officiating at it should utter the words yukta which means well-applied.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
A sudden jerk freed me from his hold, and a well-applied push sent him reeling to the verge of the ditch.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
