well-spoken
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.44 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "You give the well-spoken young man the time. The well-spoken young man, keeping well up with you, resumes: "I am aware sir that it is a liberty to intrude a further question on a gentleman walking for his entertainment […]"
- "To get a minimum-wage employee, the company settled for a woman barely out of high school who was not well-spoken, and while she didn't cost much, the problem was that she was the first impression callers had of this multimillion dollar company."
- "However well spoken a lawyer might be and however powerful an orator he may be, at the end the judge will make a decision based on legal statutes."
- "They've obviously never met before, but are getting on like a house on fire. Both are well-spoken and versed in the Queen's English."
Inflected Forms
more well-spoken (comparative)
most well-spoken (superlative)