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well-attested

well-attested adjective: supported by a great deal of evidence.

Adjective

well-attested (not comparable)

  1. Supported by a great deal of evidence.
  2. Of words or languages, proven to exist through a large number of examples or copious records.
    • Cummings and Wolf (2011) covers Chinglish, but not the well-attested terms Honglish and Hongkonglish[.]2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 2

Questions about well-attested

What does well-attested mean?
Well-attested means supported by a great deal of evidence.
What part of speech is well-attested?
Well-attested is an adjective.

Words near well-attested in the dictionary

  1. well-adapted
  2. well-adjusted
  3. well-advised
  4. well-aimed
  5. well-appointed
  6. well-attested
  7. well-aware
  8. well-awareness
  9. well-baked
  10. well-balanced
  11. well-beaten

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