well-to-do
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of well-to-do
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Nob Hill had a reputation as a relatively well-to-do enclave, but here, in its outer reaches, the vacancies were becoming hard to ignore.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
I met Volodymyr Zelensky in a conference room inside the heavily-guarded government enclave in a well-to-do corner of central Kyiv.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
Higher-end department stores like Nordstrom and Bloomingdale’s are drawing well-to-do customers with bigger discounts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
They get all kinds, from well-to-do couples toting their toy pooches in the same designer bag as their medications, to criminally neglected unhoused people.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
Gates’s father was a wealthy lawyer in Seattle, and his mother was the daughter of a well-to-do banker.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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