observe
verb (used with object)
to see, watch, perceive, or notice.
well-observed
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a word derived from
observe.
Example Sentences
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Her narrative is leavened by a critical sympathy for her subject and well-observed accounts of her visits to the sites of Augustine’s career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
“We wanted to make the acting more well-observed and true to animalistic behavior. ‘
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
There was a well-observed period of silence before kickoff as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died this month.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
But that doesn’t take away from the well-observed details, such as when Gunter notices Rachel’s “feet stuffed into the wide shearling boots whose name was short for ‘ugly.’
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2021
It is by means of such data as these that a science is founded, for theories decay, and only well-observed facts remain irrefragable.
From Fabre, Poet of Science by Bernard Miall
