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better loved

better loved is the comparative 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.

Questions about better loved

What is better loved the comparative form of?
Better loved is the comparative form of well-loved.

Words near better loved in the dictionary

  1. better known
  2. better known as
  3. better late than never
  4. better late then never
  5. better light
  6. better loved
  7. better luck next time
  8. better nature
  9. better natured
  10. better off
  11. better one word in time than two afterwards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: better 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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