disciplined

[ dis-uh-plind ]

/ ˈdɪs ə plɪnd /

adjective

having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.

Nearby words

disciplinable, disciplinant, disciplinarian, disciplinary, discipline, disciplined, discission, discitis, disclaim, disclaimer, disclamation

Origin of disciplined

1350–1400; Middle English. See discipline, -ed²

Related formsnon·dis·ci·plined, adjectiveun·dis·ci·plined, adjectivewell-dis·ci·plined, adjective

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Examples from the Web for well-disciplined

Curiously enough, seizure of the Gate by force had not occurred to any of this law-abiding, well-disciplined group.
Astounding Stories, August, 1931|Various
Horace and I, like well-disciplined troops, did not let him precede us by more than an inch.
The Believing Years|Edmund Lester Pearson
He came almost immediately—came with his usual hasty step and with much of his usual expression on his well-disciplined features.
Hand and Ring|Anna Katharine Green
They are a well-disciplined body, voting as one man, though capable of speaking enough for a thousand.
Handbook of Home Rule (1887)|W. E. Gladstone et al.

A numerous and well-disciplined army, perhaps the finest in the world, gave him superiority over the Christians of the north.
A Literary History of the Arabs|Reynold Nicholson

British Dictionary definitions for well-disciplined

well-disciplined

adjective (well disciplined when postpositive)

having been strictly trained or conditioned to ensure good behaviour, orderliness, etc

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