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well-inˈtended, ppl. a.
Characterized by a right and sincere intention; well-meant.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. xiv. (1912) 437 Especially setting forth their noble gratefulnes, in never forgetting wel-intended services. 1628Feltham Resolves i. xxvi. 83 So, by bad circumstances, [we] poyson a well-intended principall. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 263 The meanest, well-intended labours may claim thy patronage. 1777Johnson Let. to Dr. Dodd 26 June in Boswell, In requital of those well-intended offices which you are pleased so emphatically to acknowledge. 1827Higgins Celtic Druids 66 The perhaps well-intended but nonsensical and fruitless efforts of our priests. 1834Tait's Mag. I. 208/2 The pamphlet is well-intended, sensible, and temperate. |