well-tried
well-tried adjective: having been proven by widespread use, and known to be reliable.
Adjective
well-tried (not comparable)
- Having been proven by widespread use, and known to be reliable.
- The duration of the delays was remarkably short, as the well-tried railway organisations once again met heavy demands with outstanding speed and efficiency, reflecting great credit on the engineering staffs, who seldom failed to have the line working in time for the next peak traffic.1944 November and December, “Rapid Damage Repair”, in Railway Magazine, page 324
- Embodying much of the experience gained in the development of the well-tried in-line units, the LVA24 engine is a turbo-charged four-stroke with the two banks of cylinders arranged at 50 deg to each other [...].1964 May, G. Freeman Allen, R. K. Evans, “The Brush-Sulzer association”, in Modern Railways, page 328
well-tried meaning in Tamil and Kannada
well-tried in Tamil
- நன்கு முயற்சிக்கப்பட்ட
well-tried in Kannada
- ನುರಿತ, ಪಳಗಿದ
Questions about well-tried
- What does well-tried mean?
- Well-tried means having been proven by widespread use, and known to be reliable.
- What is well-tried in Tamil?
- Well-tried in Tamil is நன்கு முயற்சிக்கப்பட்ட. See Well-tried meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is well-tried?
- Well-tried is an adjective.
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