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well read

well read is the alternative spelling of well-read.

Meaning of well-read

Adjective

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

  1. Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively.
    • You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
      You are very well-read
      It's well known1965, Bob Dylan, “Ballad of a Thin Man”, in Highway 61 Revisited

Questions about well read

What is well read the alternative spelling of?
Well read is the alternative spelling of well-read.

Words near well read in the dictionary

  1. well nigh
  2. well nut
  3. well nuts
  4. well off
  5. well played
  6. well read
  7. well room
  8. well rooms
  9. well said
  10. well sinker
  11. well sinkers

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