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well-settled

well-settled adjective: fully established or determined; standing on firm historical footing.

Adjective

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

  1. Fully established or determined; standing on firm historical footing.
    • Ramos didn’t just announce a new rule. It reversed a prior, well-settled one.2021, Edwards v. Vannoy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–5807), Justice Kagan dissenting

Synonyms of well-settled

Forms of well-settled

comparativemore well-settled
superlativemost well-settled

Questions about well-settled

What does well-settled mean?
Well-settled means fully established or determined; standing on firm historical footing.
What part of speech is well-settled?
Well-settled is an adjective.

Words near well-settled in the dictionary

  1. well-rounded
  2. well-run
  3. well-seen
  4. well-served
  5. well-set
  6. well-settled
  7. well-shaped
  8. well-sinker
  9. well-sinkers
  10. well-smithied
  11. well-spoken

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