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well-handled

well-handled adjective: suitably or properly dealt with.

Adjective

well-handled

  1. Suitably or properly dealt with.
  2. Capably or skilfully handled.
    • While the loads of these trains in general are heavier than in pre-war days, the timings are considerably easier, but the first two runs in Table I show that a well-handled "King" has plenty of time in hand.1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86

Forms of well-handled

alternative formwell handled

Questions about well-handled

What does well-handled mean?
Well-handled means suitably or properly dealt with.
What part of speech is well-handled?
Well-handled is an adjective.

Words near well-handled in the dictionary

  1. well-furnished
  2. well-gowned
  3. well-groomed
  4. well-grounded
  5. well-handed
  6. well-handled
  7. well-heeled
  8. well-horned
  9. well-house
  10. well-houses
  11. well-hung

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