principled
adjective
imbued with or having moral principles (often used in combination).
well-principled
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a word derived from
principled.
Example Sentences
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Liz never did get the men she coveted at various times of her long life, though one suitor seems to have committed suicide when Liz decided that he "was not sound-minded nor well-principled."
From Time Magazine Archive
As she grew up, a sound English education corrected in a great measure her French defects; and when she left school, I found in her a pleasing and obliging companion: docile, good-tempered, and well-principled.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
V. 105, that the Lacedæmonians, as far as respects themselves and their native institutions, are virtuous and well-principled; but that in their dealings with foreign states their own interest was their only standard.1852.B.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
Tadpole had to receive deputations from Wesleyans, and well-registered boroughs anxious to receive well-principled candidates.
From Coningsby by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
"Lady Benmavis is, indeed, a sensible, well-principled woman, and her daughters have been all well brought up."
From Marriage by Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
