well-handled

[ wel-han-dld ]

/ ˈwɛlˈhæn dld /

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adjective

managed, directed, or completed with efficiency: a well-handled political campaign.

treated with taste, discretion, etc.: a delicate but well-handled subject.

having been handled or used much: a sale of well-handled goods.

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Origin of well-handled

First recorded in 1470–80

Words nearby well-handled

well-furnished, well-governed, well-groomed, well-grounded, well-guarded, well-handled, wellhead, well-heeled, well-hidden, wellhole, wellhouse

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How to use well-handled in a sentence

The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
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Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
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The well, ghost or no ghost, is certainly a piece of history with a bold presence.
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In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
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It is the obligation of citizens and journalists as well as governments.
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Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.
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The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.
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The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
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Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
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Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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British Dictionary definitions for well-handled

well-handled

adjective (well handled when postpositive)

having been managed successfullya well-handled merger

operated or employed skillfullya well-handled vehicle

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