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Definition of "well-grounded" []

  • Adequately versed in a subject. (adjective)
  • Having a sound basis; well-founded. (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-grounded" in a sentence
  • "Self-esteem is not a problem for the well-grounded executive or the preschooler."
  • "For the purposes of intimidation, after all, baseless charges work better than well-grounded ones."
  • "Despite such events—at times there is an almost magic-realist quality to the shipboard goings-on—"The Cat's Table" is well-grounded in reality."
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