adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a well-to-do suburb
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a well-to-do young woman
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Educational facilities are best in the more well-to-do residential areas.
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He wants to find a husband from a well-to-do background for his daughter.
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Surprisingly, police statistics show that many of these thefts were carried out by people from well-to-do families.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lot of our well-to-do customers liked it blue.
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Although her father was a well-to-do market trader, his wealth was modest by comparison with that of the new jet-set.
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Fedorov must be at least well-to-do , probably rich.
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He would spend all his time with well-to-do society people, though he hadn't got their sort of money.
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San Giovanni seems to have been the well-to-do area, as one would expect, since it included the cathedral.
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The children of well-to-do parents do much better than the children of poorer parents -- just as they do here.
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The less well-to-do may encourage early marriage and give priority to settling down to stable family life.
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The Westons were now well-to-do , and there was no necessity for work, either of a lawful or unlawful kind.