well-aimedadj.
/ˌwɛlˈeɪmd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈeɪmd/ Accurately directed at a target. Also figurative.
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the world > space > direction > [adjective] > given direction towards a mark > well-aimed
well-learned1596
well-aimed1598
well-guided1718
well-directed1743
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective] > exact in position
perfecta1387
well-aimed1598
pinpoint1942
the world > movement > impact > striking > [adjective] > well-aimed
well-seta1425
homemade1663
well-planted1755
well-aimed1868
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades xi. 99 Atrides with his wel-aimde lance smote Isus on the brest.
1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher i. sig. A3 You come not neere him, but discharge aloofe Your wounding Pistoll, or well aymed Dart.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 173 I reck not, so it light well aim'd . View more context for this quotation
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 4 Who now can bend Ulysses bow, and wing The well-aim'd arrow thro' the distant ring.
1770 F. Gentleman Sultan ii. ii. 22 A well-aim'd thunder-bolt of fate.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xiii. 343 The wearied horse of Ivanhoe, and its no less exhausted rider, went down..before the well aimed lance and vigorous steed of the Templar.
1868 G. V. Cox Recoll. Oxf. 206 A well-aimed orange,..thrown from the gallery, struck him forcibly on the face.
1920 Punch 11 Aug. 115/2 One of the hardiest ‘charabankers’ was recently prostrated in that village by a well-aimed epithet from the oldest inhabitant.
1966 C. Siragusa & R. Wiedrich Trail of Poppy ii. 39 A well-aimed punch in the belly or an elbow driven viciously into the ribs.
2007 Australian (Nexis) 9 Apr. (Brisbane ed.) 7 A few well-aimed barbs around the thorny issue of race and religion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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