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Well-spoken definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WELL-SPOKEN, a. [well and speak.]
1. Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; or speaking kindly.
2. Spoken with propriety; as well-spoken words.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: speaking or spoken fittingly or pleasingly; "a well- spoken gentleman"; "a few well-spoken words on civic pride"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century 1. speaking well, fitly, or courteously <a well-spoken young woman> 2. spoken with propriety <well-spoken words>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Well-spoken Well"-spo`ken, a. [Well + speak.] 1. Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly. ``A knight well-spoken.'' --Shak. 2. Spoken with propriety; as, well-spoken words.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also well spoken A well-spoken person speaks in a polite correct way and with an accent which is considered socially acceptable. I remember her as a quiet, hard-working and well-spoken girl. ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

Ciceronian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Tullian, articulate, correct, eloquent, facund, felicitous, free-speaking, free-spoken, glib, good-mannered, loud-speaking, loud-spoken, mannerly, outspoken, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, silver, silver-tongued, slick, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, soft-speaking, soft-spoken, speaking, spellbinding, talkative, talking, true-speaking, well-behaved, well-mannered