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Definition of "well-adjusted" []

  • Having adapted or conformed suitably to new conditions: a well-adjusted new student. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "well-adjusted" in a sentence
  • "I expected to read about some crack-pot or delusional teen-ager, but instead the leader of the Cult of Cthulhu is intelligent, good-humored, and seems well-adjusted."
  • "But he was also drawn to the way Meyers explored the messy matter of divorce — and the way two well-adjusted ex-spouses try getting back together."
  • "The idea itself, that lack of religious views make these places well-adjusted and happy, seems to ignore some basic groundwork about other factors involved-it may well turn out to be location, strategically and otherwise, cultural history, and any number of other factors."