well-tutored
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a word derived from
tutor.
tutornouna person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
Example Sentences
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In their scramble for points, many of this season's well-tutored fives employ several different types of offense, and make split-second adjustments from one to another as the situation demands.
From Time Magazine Archive
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What a contrast between the stern, fixed gaze that seemed to nail him to the spot where he stood and the well-tutored glances of fair, frail Héloise!
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
He perceived that the sand became softened, and that they began to sink; but, with a well-tutored judgment, he marked also, to his heart’s great joy, that the boat would be in time.
From Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by William Scoresby
The well-tutored Swiss replied that she was not, but that he could get any message transmitted to her.
From The Queen's Necklace by Alexandre Dumas père
The verses of Middleton are more indicative of strength than of power; they are the verses of a well-tutored youth, of commanding talents.
From The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 by James Gillman