[wel-fawrmd] 
| 1. | rightly or pleasingly formed: a well-formed contour. |
| 2. | Linguistics. (of an utterance) conforming to the rules of a language; grammatical (opposed to ill-formed ). |
[wel-fawr-mid-nis, -fawrmd-] , noun | well-formed | |
adjective | |
| conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences" [syn: grammatical] [ant: ill-formed] |