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well-spoken

well-spoken adjective: eloquent and able with regards to speech.

Adjective

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

  1. Eloquent and able with regards to speech.
    • You give the well-spoken young man the time. The well-spoken young man, keeping well up with you, resumes: "I am aware sir that it is a liberty to intrude a further question on a gentleman walking for his entertainment […]1860, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal, volume 3, page 231
    • To get a minimum-wage employee, the company settled for a woman barely out of high school who was not well-spoken, and while she didn't cost much, the problem was that she was the first impression callers had of this multimillion dollar company.2001, Mark F. Beck, Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage
    Synonyms:
    articulate, eloquent

well-spoken meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

well-spoken in Tamil

நன்கு சொல்லப்பட்ட, நன்கு கூறப்பட்ட, நன்கு பேசும்

well-spoken in Kannada

ಮಧುರಭಾಷಿಯಾದ, ನಯನುಡಿಯ

well-spoken in Indonesian

eloquent and able with regards to speech
fasih

Synonyms of well-spoken

Forms of well-spoken

comparativemore well-spoken
superlativemost well-spoken

Questions about well-spoken

What does well-spoken mean?
Well-spoken means eloquent and able with regards to speech.
What is well-spoken in Tamil?
Well-spoken in Tamil is நன்கு சொல்லப்பட்ட, நன்கு கூறப்பட்ட, நன்கு பேசும். See Well-spoken meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is well-spoken?
Well-spoken is an adjective.

Words near well-spoken in the dictionary

  1. well-settled
  2. well-shaped
  3. well-sinker
  4. well-sinkers
  5. well-smithied
  6. well-spoken
  7. well-stacked
  8. well-stocked
  9. well-stomached
  10. well-tailored
  11. well-tempered

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