adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
well-read/widely-read
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Although Jack stopped his studies at 19, he was very well-read , especially in the classics.
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Charles was a well-read and highly educated man.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A highly sophisticated and well-read composer such as Britten could be expected to look for his own Hofmannsthal.
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Bridget Freemantle was probably a well-read woman and must have had an intellectual as well as personal influence over Mary Leapor.
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Charles grew up well-read , particularly in theology.
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David, exceptionally bright and personable, was probably as well-read on the game as any player I have known.
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Grossman shows in passing how formidably well-read and linguistically equipped her heroine was.
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Intelligent, well-read , unsentimental, unshockable, she had become the focus of Meg's life on the headland.
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Surrounded by the most dour cast of characters known to man, Paul Merton suddenly seems excessively articulate, intelligent and well-read .