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well-aˈdjusted, ppl. a. a. In gen use.
1735Thomson Liberty ii. 330 The swelling mantle's well-adjusted flow. 1825Scott Talism. xxi, The marabout raised his head gently from the ground,..moving with a well-adjusted precaution. b. With reference to emotional adaptation. Cf. adjusted ppl. a. 4.
1939L. MacNeice Autumn Jrnl. xii. 49 A civilised, articulate and well-adjusted Community where the mind is given its due But the body is not distrusted. 1940[see adjusted ppl. a.]. 1952C. P. Blacker Eugenics: Galton & After 307 Able and well-adjusted children. 1977E. Ambler Send no More Roses i. 11 The Able Criminal..may be presumed..to be emotionally stable and ‘well-adjusted’. |