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Keenly versed
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well-read
Word definitions for well-read in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. well informed or deeply versed through reading; "respect for a well-read man"; "well-read in medieval history" highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES well-read/widely-read EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Although Jack stopped his studies at 19, he was very well-read , especially in the classics. ▪ Charles was a well-read and highly educated man. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Well-read \Well"-read`\, a. Of extensive reading; deeply versed; -- often followed by in.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from well (adv.) + read (adj.).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively. alt. Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively.
Usage examples of well-read.
He was no wantwit, like some she could name, but a well-read gentleman of superior understanding.
Whereas the priesthood of Jupiter was beyond all legal loopholes because it was older even than the Twelve Tables, as Pavo Caesar was certainly intelligent and well-read enough to know.
I also visited the Duke of Medina-Sidonia, a well-read and intelligent man, to whom I had been presented by Don Domingo Varnier, one of the gentlemen of the king's chamber, whom I had met at Mengs's house.
I also knew that the head of the press was a well-read man, and that the place abounded in good cheer and good society.
Vivacious without being cloyingly coquettish, well-educated and well-read but never pretentious, direct in her conversation without seeming either bold or opinionated, she was charming company.
Nearly all of them are well-read educated men, reasoners, philosophers, disciples of Diderot or of Rousseau, satisfied that absolute truth had been revealed by their masters, thoroughly imbued with the Encyclopédie[37] or the Contrat Social, the same as the Puritans formerly were with the Bible.
She'd been preparing for final exams and had carted along a well-read and annotated volume.
He opened it and tossed in his battered briefcase, which contained a box of 9mm ammunition, a yellow pad filled with his jottings, various memos on the Kwan Ang case and a well-read book of Goethe's poems.
He is a well-read officer, patient and good natured, with an empathy towards his job that makes him an ideal role model for anyone following in his footsteps in the Met.