Well-spoken

3 definitions found

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

  Well-spoken \Well"-spo`ken\, a. [Well + speak.]
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     1. Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking
        kindly. "A knight well-spoken." --Shak.
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     2. Spoken with propriety; as, well-spoken words.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  well-spoken
       adj : speaking or spoken fittingly or pleasingly; "a well-spoken
             gentleman"; "a few well-spoken words on civic pride"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "well-spoken":
     Ciceronian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Tullian, articulate,
     correct, eloquent, facund, felicitous, free-speaking, free-spoken,
     glib, good-mannered, loud-speaking, loud-spoken, mannerly,
     outspoken, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, silver, silver-tongued,
     slick, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, soft-speaking,
     soft-spoken, speaking, spellbinding, talkative, talking,
     true-speaking, well-behaved, well-mannered