WELL-CHOSEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does well-chosen mean? 

• WELL-CHOSEN (adjective)
  The adjective WELL-CHOSEN has 1 sense:

1. well expressed and to the point

  Familiarity information: WELL-CHOSEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WELL-CHOSEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Well expressed and to the point

Synonyms:

happy; well-chosen

Context example:

a few well-chosen words

Similar:

felicitous (exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style)

 Context examples 

“A smoker, Mr. Holmes?” said he, speaking in well-chosen English, with a curious little mincing accent.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)