Well-intentioned

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Well-intentioned \Well`-in*ten"tioned\, a.
     Having upright intentions or honorable purposes.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Dutchmen who had sold themselves to France, as the
           wellintentioned party.                   --Macaulay.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  well-intentioned
       adj : marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate
             results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter"; "a
             well-meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's
             well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the
             father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm; "blunt but well-meant
             criticism" [syn: {well-meaning}, {well-meant}]