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adjective
1.
meaning or intending well; having good intentions: a well-meaning but tactless person.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English
1350–1400; Middle English
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Well-meant
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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| well-meant | |
adjective | |
| marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter"; "a well-meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm; "blunt but well-meant criticism" [syn: well-intentioned] |
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