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well-thewed

well-thewed adjective: good in manner, habit, form, or construction; well-mannered; well-done.

Adjective

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

  1. Good in manner, habit, form, or construction; well-mannered; well-done.
  2. Having an attractive physical appearance or strong muscles.
    • Olaf was early a well-thewed man, goodly to look at, of middle height, and wise and deft of speech he was at an early age.1894, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga Library - Volume 4

Forms of well-thewed

comparativebetter-thewed
comparativemore well-thewed
superlativebest-thewed
superlativemost well-thewed
alternative formwell thewed
alternative formwellthewed

Origin of well-thewed

From Middle English wel-thewed, wel thewed, equivalent to well + thewed.

Questions about well-thewed

What does well-thewed mean?
Well-thewed means good in manner, habit, form, or construction; well-mannered; well-done.
What part of speech is well-thewed?
Well-thewed is an adjective.

Words near well-thewed in the dictionary

  1. well-stocked
  2. well-stomached
  3. well-tailored
  4. well-tempered
  5. well-tended
  6. well-thewed
  7. well-thought-of
  8. well-thought-out
  9. well-thriven
  10. well-thumbed
  11. well-timed

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