well-connectedadj.n.

?1663 in J. Guthrie Serm. Breach of Covenant To Rdr. 2 If the Reader find any thing not so well connected, let it not be imputed to the Author, but to the Pen of him who gathered it from the Author's Mouth.

1687 tr. P. Jurieu Accomplishm. Script. Prophecies ii. xx. 329 That I may not fall into the same faults which I have observed in others, 'tis necessary that good Principles be laid down, and a well connected System made.

1734 G. Berkeley Analyst ii. 5 When from the distinct Contemplation and Comparison of Figures, their Properties are derived, by a perpetual well-connected chain of Consequences.

1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 214 It [sc. Samson Agonistes] wants that power of attracting the attention which a well-connected plan produces.

1816 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. (ed. 3) I. ii. ix. 193 When a discourse is not well connected, the sentiments, however just, are easily forgotten.

1852 Spectator 27 Mar. 301/2 A well-connected series of events.

1926 Motor Boating Dec. 174/2 The larger lakes are pretty well connected.

1996 E. R. Lewis in S. A. Berger et al. Introd. Bioengin. vii. 267/2 A well-connected model is one in which stuff can flow from every compartment..to every other compartment.

2011 Times (Nexis) 11 Nov. 2 It's a well-connected place. The fast train to London takes only 40 minutes.

1788 G. Colman Ways & Means iii. 61 His friend, I am happy to tell you, is as well connected as he is.

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. i He learnt from other sources that the Ernscliffes were well connected.

1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 422 Yet they are fairly descended, they give you to know, well connected.

1871 J. S. Le Fanu Rose & Key I. xiv. 126 The vicar is a well-connected old gentleman.

1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime viii. 115 You are going to Blandings Castle now, no doubt, to inspect some well-connected screwball?

1976 Newsweek (Nexis) 19 Jan. 32 By tradition, the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain has been rich, well-connected, politically savvy—and male.

2005 J. Trunk Dirty Fan Male xii. 87 The owner..is a well-connected businessman.

1831 Athenæum 26 Nov. 761/1 The certain rise to rank and honour of the well-connected and the opulent.

c1882 W. S. Gilbert Iolanthe i. 12 Spurn not the nobly born With love affected, Nor treat with virtuous scorn The well connected.

1968 Ebony Sept. 121/1 The Other Society.., the well educated, the well dressed and the well connected.

2010 H. Simonson Major Pettigrew's Last Stand xvi. 264 Only the rich and the well-connected will be allowed to buy.