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well(-)placed, ppl. a.
Set in a good place or position; rightly, fittingly, or judiciously placed.
1606Chapman Gentl. Usher iv. i, How strong an influence works in well plac'd words. 1607B. Jonson Volpone v. iii, To cosen him of all, were but a cheat Well plac'd. 1635–56Cowley Davideis i. 595 A well-plac'ed Tapers light, Adds a becoming horror to the sight. 1674Barbette's Chirurg. (ed. 2) 5 The Bone is well-placed, if in the second dressing, you find all even. 1753J. Collier Art Torment. i. iii. (1811) 86 Well-placed kindness. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 96 They have perverted in themselves..all the well-placed sympathies of the human breast. 1876Coursing Calendar 21 Filey..after losing ground at the start, got well placed.
b. Holding a good social position. In quot. absol.
1863J. C. Jeaffreson Sir Everard's Dau. 204 That distrust and commiserating disdain which the rich and well-placed are so prone to feel for the poor. |