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well loved

well loved is the alternative form of well-loved.

Meaning of well-loved

Adjective

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

  1. Loved by many people; popular.
    • Afterward, however, he turned to more serious roles, such as “Emperor Jones” and “Othello,” and ultimately became one of the better-loved figures of the German-speaking stage.1943 May 2, Theodore Strauss, “Oscar Homolka Studies the Menu: A Noted Austrian Actor Talks of Letters, Art, Light Wines and Duck”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...
  2. (euphemistic) Highly used or having a worn condition; showing significant signs of wear and tear, age, or previous frequent use.

Forms of well loved

comparativebetter loved
comparativemore well loved
superlativebest loved
superlativemost well loved

Questions about well loved

What is well loved the alternative form of?
Well loved is the alternative form of well-loved.

Words near well loved in the dictionary

  1. well known
  2. well liked
  3. well liquor
  4. well liquors
  5. well logging
  6. well loved
  7. well mannered
  8. well met
  9. well nigh
  10. well nut
  11. well nuts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: well loved (page history and authors); well-loved (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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