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
Therefore he went away, outwardly well-content with his morning, but inwardly full of wrath that his heart had refused the guidance of his mind.
From Lahoma by Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge)
Or well-content that ye have thus reduced485 Achaia's host, will ye retire to Troy?
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
It was an arrangement liked equally by the three small children and the well-content grandparents.
From The Eye of Dread by Erskine, Payne
Yea, I believe that at that time her soul itself was altogether cheerful and well-content and without any shadow of sorrow upon it.
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard
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