roadedadj.
/ˈrəʊdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈroʊdəd/ Of a country, district, etc.: provided with or traversed by roads. Usually with preceding modifying adverb.figurative in earliest use.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > provided with roads
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1700 J. Hopkins Amasia II. ii. 62 Now swiftly Traverse all the roaded Sky, And Chace the Night, o'er every path they fly.
1762 Answers for Allen Glen 5 Said ground is not above forty-pence sterling per acre, of yearly rent, being much roaded and covered with whins.
1843 New Zealand Jrnl. 25 Nov. 302/2 The settlements in Cook's Strait..are rapidly becoming the best roaded colonies in the Pacific.
1880 Daily News 4 Oct. 2/2 A unique estate, consisting of 240 acres, all scientifically drained and roaded.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 June 3/3 The estate..is well roaded.
1939 Times 22 Mar. 4/7 Intensive development of main lines and roads and cross connexions had made Britain the most ‘railwayed’ and most ‘roaded’ country in the world.
1994 P. Hirt Conspiracy of Optimism xi. 261 The club supported continued industrial forestry on roaded national forest lands.
2002 High Country News 13 May 10/1 He must pass through heavily roaded and scalped private timberland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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