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well-laid

well-laid adjective: firmly and properly laid.

Adjective

well-laid (comparative better-laid, superlative best-laid)

  1. Firmly and properly laid.
    • Add the government's ruthless determination to force the elimination of duplicate routes (often losing well-laid track for inferior lines with an unsuitably low axle loading or weak bridges), and it is easy to understand why confidence to compete was lacking.2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67
  2. (scheme etc.) Formulated carefully or meticulously.

Forms of well-laid

comparativebetter-laid
superlativebest-laid

Words formed from well-laid

  • best-laid plans

Questions about well-laid

What does well-laid mean?
Well-laid means firmly and properly laid.
What part of speech is well-laid?
Well-laid is an adjective.

Words near well-laid in the dictionary

  1. well-kempt
  2. well-kemptness
  3. well-kept
  4. well-knit
  5. well-known
  6. well-laid
  7. well-learned
  8. well-liked
  9. well-liking
  10. well-lit
  11. well-looked

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