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well-trodden

well-trodden adjective: describing a route or path that is frequently used.

Adjective

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

  1. Describing a route or path that is frequently used.
    • He beat the familiar and well-trodden path to her door.
    • Toto whimpered a little but none of the others was frightened and they kept along the well-trodden path until they came to an opening in the wood, in which were gathered hundreds of beasts of every variety.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 238

Forms of well-trodden

comparativemore well-trodden
superlativemost well-trodden

Questions about well-trodden

What does well-trodden mean?
Well-trodden means describing a route or path that is frequently used.
What part of speech is well-trodden?
Well-trodden is an adjective.

Words near well-trodden in the dictionary

  1. well-timed
  2. well-to-do
  3. well-travelled
  4. well-tried
  5. well-trod
  6. well-trodden
  7. well-turned
  8. well-upholstered
  9. well-used
  10. well-versed
  11. well-will

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