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well-merited

well-merited adjective: fully merited, richly deserved, well-earned.

Adjective

well-merited

  1. Fully merited, richly deserved, well-earned.
    • At each station is a level crossing, in addition to others away from stations, and, as both the road and rail traffic are heavy, the gatekeepers (mostly signalmen) are quite busy and have acquired well-merited mention for reducing delays to road traffic to a minimum.1946 January and February, G. A. Sekon, “The L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section”, in Railway Magazine, page 15
    • One is reluctant to sour the well-merited tributes paid to Sir Brian Robertson on his retirement from the Chairmanship of the B.T.C.1961 July, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 385

Questions about well-merited

What does well-merited mean?
Well-merited means fully merited, richly deserved, well-earned.
What part of speech is well-merited?
Well-merited is an adjective.

Words near well-merited in the dictionary

  1. well-meaners
  2. well-meaning
  3. well-meaningly
  4. well-meaningness
  5. well-meant
  6. well-merited
  7. well-minded
  8. well-near
  9. well-nigh
  10. well-nourished
  11. well-off

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