well-writtenadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈrɪtn/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈrɪtn/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and written adj.

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

Etymology: < well adv. + written adj. Compare well writing n.

Skilfully written.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > well-composed

well-faringc1440

well-written1530

well-couched1531

well-penned1560

well-thewed1583

well-expressed1594

well-worded1603

well-turned1623

well-languaged1656

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 536/1 This boke is well written and richely enlymned, Ce liure est bien escript et richement enluminé.

1540 J. Proctor tr. St. Vincent of Lérins For Antiq. Catholik Fayth Pref. sig. C.v.^v Not wittie writing, but wyly wresting of well written trueth.

1567 H. G. tr. G. Boccaccio Pleasaunt Disport Diuers Noble Personages Ded. sig. *.ij Being of no smal credit with the Learned, for those his sundry well written workes.

a1627 R. Barnfield Remembrance Eng. Poets in Poems (1882) 119 Drayton, whose wel-written Tragedies, And sweete Epistles, soare thy fame to skies.

1685 C. Cleeve Songs Moses & Deborah 25 In well written Lines, their Deathless Names shall live.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 10. ¶3 A well written Book, compared with its Rivals and Antagonists, is like Moses's Serpent.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 171 A well-written, and well-set scene of recitative.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. vi. 619 I think this well-written sentence a little one-sided.

1877 Literary World 7 80/1 We need not repeat that this book is exceptionally well written.

1911 G. B. Shaw Shewing-up Blanco Posnet Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 360 An able and well-written statement of the case.

1957 Challenge Oct. 77/2 A well-written dramatization of agriculture's transition from family farm to today's ‘agribusiness’.

2006 F. Wilczek Fantastic Realities 330 Readers will find Rees's short, well-written book an enjoyable and provocative intellectual adventure.

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

单词	well-written
释义	well-writtenadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈrɪtn/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈrɪtn/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and written adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., written adj. Etymology: < well adv. + written adj. Compare well writing n. Skilfully written. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > well-composed well-faringc1440 well-written1530 well-couched1531 well-penned1560 well-thewed1583 well-expressed1594 well-worded1603 well-turned1623 well-languaged1656 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 536/1 This boke is well written and richely enlymned, Ce liure est bien escript et richement enluminé. 1540 J. Proctor tr. St. Vincent of Lérins For Antiq. Catholik Fayth Pref. sig. C.v.^v Not wittie writing, but wyly wresting of well written trueth. 1567 H. G. tr. G. Boccaccio Pleasaunt Disport Diuers Noble Personages Ded. sig. .ij Being of no smal credit with the Learned, for those his sundry well written workes. a1627 R. Barnfield Remembrance Eng. Poets* in Poems (1882) 119 Drayton, whose wel-written Tragedies, And sweete Epistles, soare thy fame to skies. 1685 C. Cleeve Songs Moses & Deborah 25 In well written Lines, their Deathless Names shall live. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 10. ¶3 A well written Book, compared with its Rivals and Antagonists, is like Moses's Serpent. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 171 A well-written, and well-set scene of recitative. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. vi. 619 I think this well-written sentence a little one-sided. 1877 Literary World 7 80/1 We need not repeat that this book is exceptionally well written. 1911 G. B. Shaw Shewing-up Blanco Posnet Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 360 An able and well-written statement of the case. 1957 Challenge Oct. 77/2 A well-written dramatization of agriculture's transition from family farm to today's ‘agribusiness’. 2006 F. Wilczek Fantastic Realities 330 Readers will find Rees's short, well-written book an enjoyable and provocative intellectual adventure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1530
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