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well-conˈducted, ppl. a.
1. Properly directed, managed, or carried out.
1749Francis tr. Horace, Art P. 34 note, A regular well-conducted Piece. 1752Mason Elfrida, Lett. Drama iii. p. ix, The advantage the Audience receiv'd from a well-conducted Chorus. 1803Chalmers in Life (1851) I. 479 A series of judicious and well-conducted experiments. 1842J. Aiton Dom. Econ. (1857) 185 Hence land, after a well-conducted fallow, is always more productive of good grain than when it has undergone any other preparation. 1884E. Yates Recoll. I. 157 Every well-conducted restaurant nowadays is conducted on these principles.
2. Displaying exemplary conduct, well-behaved.
1838Dickens Nich. Nick. iv, Whether you consider me a highly virtuous..and well-conducted man in private life. 1853Thackeray Sorrows of Werther 15 Charlotte..Like a well-conducted person, Went on cutting bread and butter. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 302 Well-conducted and meritorious citizens. |