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What is "well-spoken"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
well-spoken
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Both victims were attractive, long-haired and well-spoken.
▪ Clearly well-spoken female gardeners were not the usual clientèle of this hospital.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Well-spoken

Well-spoken \Well"-spo`ken\, a. [Well + speak.]

  1. Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly. ``A knight well-spoken.''
    --Shak.

  2. Spoken with propriety; as, well-spoken words.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
well-spoken

mid-15c., from well (adv.) + -spoken.

Wiktionary
well-spoken

a. eloquent and able with regards to speech.

WordNet
well-spoken

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

Usage examples of "well-spoken".

We are chary of well-spoken passengers who, at a given signal, become merciless pirates.

There was somewhat about him that creeped my flesh, but cursed if I know why, because he was well-spoken and no trouble.

Visitors without exception were given small lapel pins by the well-spoken, dark-suited house steward, who admitted them and directed them to the locations of their scheduled appointments.

Then this amiable, well-spoken Kells, he was no Western rough—he spoke like an educated man.

Donahue's staff had already picked out a prescreened audience member who was liberal, highly opinionated, well-spoken, not afraid to speak her mind, rather pretty--she would be perfect to use coming out of commercial.