well-read

[ wel-red ]

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adjective

having read extensively (sometimes followed by in): well-read in oceanography.

Origin of well-read

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words Nearby well-read

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How to use well-read in a sentence

While quick on his feet, funny, pointed and well-read, Stewart is a Manhattanite through and through.
Jon Stewart and 'Meet The Press' Would Have Been One Unhappy Marriage | Lloyd Grove | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Your audience is more sophisticated and well-read, and they know who Jim Cameron and Robert Rodriguez are.
Jessica Alba on 'Sin City,' Typecasting, and How Homophobia Pushed Her Away From the Church | Marlow Stern | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But in the West, the papers were not well read, much less understood.
Germany Helped Prep Russia for War, U.S. Sources Say | Josh Rogin | April 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
She was well-read, articulate and interested in current affairs.
A Tinderbox Waiting for a Match | Gavin Knight | August 11, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Rod Martin, a U.S. Republican Party member and former Paypal.com advisor, said he was thrilled by how well read the kids were.
The Kremlin’s Extremist Youth Camp | Anna Nemtsova | August 10, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST

I shudder when I chance to come across a really well-read and enlightened man!
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
The well-read politician will see that a contest similar to those thus indicated is going on almost all over Europe.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas Inman
You might almost as well read dictionaries with a hope of getting a succinct and clear view of language.
Friends in Council | Arthur Helps
Mr. Lee gives one the impression of being a well-read man, as, in fact, he is.
The Bay State Monthly, Vol. II, No. 6, March, 1885 | Various
"It isn't as if she wasn't clever and well read," her daughter went on.
The Tragic Muse | Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for well-read

well-read

/ (ˈwɛlˈrɛd) /

adjective(well read when postpositive)

having read widely and intelligently; erudite

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