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well-preserved

well-preserved adjective: healthy and ageing gracefully.

Adjective

well-preserved (comparative better-preserved or more well-preserved, superlative best-preserved or most well-preserved)

  1. Healthy and ageing gracefully.
  2. (possibly ancient, object) In good condition considering its age.
    • Its [listed building] designation is due to its 'group value' with Mostyn's station and goods shed, and to it being a well-preserved early 20th century example.2021 November 3, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Boxes with functions across the centuries”, in RAIL, number 943, page 58
    • Experts say it is the best-preserved mammoth carcass in the world and is one of only seven whole remains ever found.2024 December 23, Agence France-Presse, “Baby mammoth in Russia is the ‘best-preserved’ ever found”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2025

Forms of well-preserved

comparativebetter-preserved
comparativemore well-preserved
superlativebest-preserved
superlativemost well-preserved
alternative formwell preserved

Questions about well-preserved

What does well-preserved mean?
Well-preserved means healthy and ageing gracefully.
What part of speech is well-preserved?
Well-preserved is an adjective.

Words near well-preserved in the dictionary

  1. well-posed
  2. well-posedness
  3. well-positioned
  4. well-practised
  5. well-prepared
  6. well-preserved
  7. well-proportioned
  8. well-publicised
  9. well-publicized
  10. well-put
  11. well-qualified

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