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well-liking

well-liking adjective: in good condition.

Adjective

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

  1. (obsolete) In good condition.
    • Well-liking wits they havec. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking.1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “Psalms”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC, folio xcii, recto

Forms of well-liking

comparativemore well-liking
superlativemost well-liking

Questions about well-liking

What does well-liking mean?
Well-liking means in good condition.
What part of speech is well-liking?
Well-liking is an adjective.

Words near well-liking in the dictionary

  1. well-knit
  2. well-known
  3. well-laid
  4. well-learned
  5. well-liked
  6. well-liking
  7. well-lit
  8. well-looked
  9. well-loved
  10. well-made
  11. well-made play

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