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best-loved

best-loved is the superlative form of well-loved.

Meaning of well-loved

Adjective

well-loved (comparative better-loved or more well-loved, superlative best-loved or most well-loved)

  1. Loved by many people; popular.
    • Afterward, however, he turned to more serious roles, such as “Emperor Jones” and “Othello,” and ultimately became one of the better-loved figures of the German-speaking stage.1943 May 2, Theodore Strauss, “Oscar Homolka Studies the Menu: A Noted Austrian Actor Talks of Letters, Art, Light Wines and Duck”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...
  2. (euphemistic) Highly used or having a worn condition; showing significant signs of wear and tear, age, or previous frequent use.

Forms of best-loved

alternative formbest loved
alternative formbestloved

Questions about best-loved

What is best-loved the superlative form of?
Best-loved is the superlative form of well-loved.

Words near best-loved in the dictionary

  1. best-kept secrets
  2. best-known
  3. best-learned
  4. best-lit
  5. best-looking
  6. best-loved
  7. best-mannered
  8. best-natured
  9. best-of
  10. best-off
  11. best-ofs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: best-loved (page history and authors); well-loved (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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