well-meaning
well-meaning adjective: with good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation.
Adjective
well-meaning (comparative more well-meaning, superlative most well-meaning)
- With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation.
- The professor is well-meaning enough, but he usually ruins things one way or another.
- In the first scene, he bites the arm of a well-meaning counselor at the group home and dashes out of the building, all in a vain attempt to locate the father who abandoned him.2012 March 15, Scott Tobias, “The Kid With A Bike [Review]”, in AV Club
well-meaning meaning in Kannada
well-meaning in Kannada
- ಉಪಕಾರ ಮನೋಭಾವದ, ಸದಭಿಪ್ರಾಯದ
Forms of well-meaning
| comparative | more well-meaning |
|---|---|
| superlative | most well-meaning |
Origin of well-meaning
From well + meaning.
Words formed from well-meaning
Questions about well-meaning
- What does well-meaning mean?
- Well-meaning means with good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation.
- What is well-meaning in Kannada?
- Well-meaning in Kannada is ಉಪಕಾರ ಮನೋಭಾವದ, ಸದಭಿಪ್ರಾಯದ. See Well-meaning meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is well-meaning?
- Well-meaning is an adjective.
Words near well-meaning in the dictionary
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