- Well-meaning
- Well-meaning Well"-mean`ing, a. Having a good intention. [1913 Webster]
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Well-meaning
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well-meaning — adjective trying to help, but often making things worse: WELL INTENTIONED: Her well meaning remarks just make us uncomfortable. a well meaning friend/person/group … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
well-meaning — adj intending to be helpful, but not succeeding ▪ A lot of problems can be caused by well meaning friends. ▪ He s very well meaning, but he doesn t really understand what s going on … Dictionary of contemporary English
well-meaning — index benevolent, propitious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
well-meaning — /wel mee ning/, adj. 1. meaning or intending well; having good intentions: a well meaning but tactless person. 2. Also, well meant /wel ment /. proceeding from good intentions: Her well meaning words were received in silence. [1350 1400; ME] * *… … Universalium
well-meaning — adjective Date: 15th century 1. having good intentions < well meaning but misguided idealists > 2. based on good intentions < well meaning advice > … New Collegiate Dictionary
well-meaning — adjective With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation. The boy is well meaning enough, but he usually ruins things one way or another … Wiktionary
Well Meaning Fiction — Infobox Album Name = Well Meaning Fiction Type = studio Artist = Mainstay |250px Released = February 21, 2006 Recorded = Genre = Melodic rock Length = Label = BEC Recordings Producer = Reviews = Last album = Mainstay EP (2005) This album = Well… … Wikipedia
well-meaning — Synonyms and related words: agreeable, amiable, amicable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, brotherly, congenial, cooperative, favorable, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, harmonious, kind, kindly, kindly disposed, neighborlike,… … Moby Thesaurus
well-meaning — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. well intentioned, with the best intentions, kind[ly], well disposed, sympathetic. See benevolence … English dictionary for students
You Well-Meaning Brought Me Here — Infobox Album | Name = You Well Meaning Brought Me Here Type = studio Artist = Ralph McTell Released = 1971 Recorded = 1971 Genre = Folk/Folk rock Length = 44:13 Label = ABC Producer = Gus Dudgeon Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|5|5… … Wikipedia
