well-motivedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈməʊtɪvd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈmoʊdɪvd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., motived adj.

Etymology: < well adv. + motived adj. With later use compare well-motivated adj.

Having good or sound motives.

ΚΠ

1805 tr. D. Thiebault Orig. Anecd. Frederick II I. i. 40 My friend, this blind obedience is acceptable only to tyrants: true monarchs require none but a rational and well-motived [Fr. motivée] obedience.

1836 C. G. F. Gore Mrs. Armytage III. ii. 18 Few pastors are fortunate in a patroness of so much moral excellence, or such well-motived liberality towards the poor.

1897 Sunday Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 19 Sept. 24/2 She has..checked the impetuous but well-motived young mountaineer in a course which might have led to villainy.

1910 S. McComb Christianity & Mod. Mind xi. 322 Is not the missionary enterprise a misguided, however well-motived, attempt to thwart the manifest designs of nature?

2008 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 7 Dec. 1 We have well-intentioned and well-motived people being put at risk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-motived
释义	well-motivedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈməʊtɪvd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈmoʊdɪvd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., motived adj. Etymology: < well adv. + motived adj. With later use compare well-motivated adj. Having good or sound motives. ΚΠ 1805 tr. D. Thiebault Orig. Anecd. Frederick II I. i. 40 My friend, this blind obedience is acceptable only to tyrants: true monarchs require none but a rational and well-motived [Fr. motivée] obedience. 1836 C. G. F. Gore Mrs. Armytage III. ii. 18 Few pastors are fortunate in a patroness of so much moral excellence, or such well-motived liberality towards the poor. 1897 Sunday Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 19 Sept. 24/2 She has..checked the impetuous but well-motived young mountaineer in a course which might have led to villainy. 1910 S. McComb Christianity & Mod. Mind xi. 322 Is not the missionary enterprise a misguided, however well-motived, attempt to thwart the manifest designs of nature? 2008 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 7 Dec. 1 We have well-intentioned and well-motived people being put at risk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1805
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