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well-beloved

well-beloved adjective: sincerely and deeply loved.

Adjective

well-beloved (comparative more well-beloved, superlative most well-beloved)

  1. Sincerely and deeply loved
  2. (formal) Sincerely respected

Forms of well-beloved

comparativemore well-beloved
superlativemost well-beloved

Origin of well-beloved

From Middle English wel-biloved, equivalent to well + beloved.

Questions about well-beloved

What does well-beloved mean?
Well-beloved means sincerely and deeply loved.
What part of speech is well-beloved?
Well-beloved is an adjective.

Words near well-beloved in the dictionary

  1. well-behaved
  2. well-behavedly
  3. well-behavedness
  4. well-being
  5. well-beings
  6. well-beloved
  7. well-beseen
  8. well-boat
  9. well-boats
  10. well-born
  11. well-bred

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