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well-beloved

[ wel-bi-luhv-id, -luhvd ]

adjective

  1. loved deeply and sincerely:

    my well-beloved fiancé.

  2. highly respected and honored:

    our well-beloved speaker.



noun

  1. a person who is loved dearly:

    in respect for the well-beloved.

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of well-beloved1

1350–1400; Middle English wel biloved
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Example Sentences

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She reflected on the well-beloved film in a 2017 interview with The Times.

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Beth was soon able to lie on the study sofa all day, amusing herself with the well-beloved cats at first, and in time with doll’s sewing, which had fallen sadly behind-hand.

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As Amy spoke, a great tear dropped on the golden hair of the sleeping child in her arms, for her one well-beloved daughter was a frail little creature and the dread of losing her was the shadow over Amy’s sunshine.

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Marvel's growing roster of well-beloved, fearsome, female characters of color is undeniably exciting.

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Thanks to Scheherazade’s strategy, her father was no longer a courtier and unwilling executioner but a king in his own right, a well-beloved king, what was more, a wise man, a man of peace, succeeding a bloody ogre.

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