drawn

[drawn]

verb

past participle of draw.

adjective

tense; haggard.
eviscerated, as a fowl.
Glassmaking.
1. of or relating to the stem of a drinking glass that has been formed by stretching from a small mass of molten metal left at the base of the bowl of the vessel.
2. of or relating to glass that is drawn over a series of rollers as it comes from the furnace.

Related formswell-drawn, adjective

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Contemporary Examples of well-drawn

Like most well-drawn detectives, Pepe Cavalho has outlived his creator.
The Foodie Detective: The Pepe Carvalho Novels by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Malcolm Forbes
October 3, 2012
It's difficult to explain to non-viewers how earnest and well-drawn Luke and Noah's relationship is.
The Gays Go All the Way in Daytime
Henry Seltzer
January 13, 2009

Historical Examples of well-drawn

"Nay, this wind will scarce turn a well-drawn shaft," said a third.
Sir Nigel
Arthur Conan Doyle
His thoughts leaped from his mind, like arrows from a well-drawn bow.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2)
Thomas Hart Benton
They have straight backs, like little walls, and decided, well-drawn brows.
Sea and Sardinia
D. H. Lawrence
The boisterous captain is a well-drawn and a well-supported character.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810
Various
The characters quite as well-drawn and supported as in any, and from being more every-day ones, the more entertaining.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters
William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

British Dictionary definitions for well-drawn

drawn

adjective

haggard, tired, or tense in appearance

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Word Origin and History for well-drawn

drawn

c.1200, from Old English dragen, past participle of draw (v.).