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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
well-chosen
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a well-chosen cast
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But with a few well-chosen books you can know where to look for the information you need.
▪ It has some well-chosen pictures - and an index.
▪ It has three pretty bedrooms, decorated in well-chosen fabrics, and furnished with antiques and pine.
▪ Lori dominated the table and Travis urged her on with a few well-chosen words.
▪ The following dishes depend upon fresh, flavourful, and well-chosen raw materials.
▪ There are many well-chosen examples which clearly illustrate the points Petrey wants to make.
▪ Why not think about your own situation, and then talk about it with a few well-chosen people?
▪ You should not be tempted by the price alone as well-chosen lilies will give you many years of pleasure.
WordNet
well-chosen

adj. well expressed and to the point; "a happy turn of phrase"; "a few well-chosen words"; "a felicitous comment" [syn: happy]

Usage examples of "well-chosen".

The Royal Excursionary Company countered with good Connyrean steel and well-chosen spells, and orcs fell by the dozen.

This nobleman, whose country house was at Lukavec, near Pilsen, was a great lover of music, and maintained a small, well-chosen orchestra of some sixteen or eighteen performers.

The woman who kept it had furnished the place with great elegance, and she always had twelve or fourteen well-chosen nymphs, with all the conveniences that could be desired.

One of her gloves fell, and I hastened to restore it to her, whereupon she thanked me in a few well-chosen French sentences.

Chase closed the prayer book and looked at Lord William who nodded his thanks, then spoke a few well-chosen words that described Braithwaite's excellent moral character, his assiduity as a confidential secretary and Lord William's fervent hopes that Almighty God would receive the secretary's soul into a life of eternal bliss.

Of course, Gotrek had let them have a few well-chosen words about being brave now that the big bad wolves had gone.

I did my best to bolster her belief in the consumer society with a few well-chosen words then asked her to rustle me up a cup of coffee.

I believe they're particularly bad down by the wharf, where they're liable to descend upon the unwary, surround him with their yachts, and shout well-chosen and elegantly elocuted epithets.