well-laid
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
well-laid (comparative better-laid, superlative best-laid)
- Firmly and properly laid.
- 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67:
- Add the government's ruthless determination to force the elimination of duplicate routes (often losing well-laid track for inferior lines with an unsuitably low axle loading or weak bridges), and it is easy to understand why confidence to compete was lacking.
- (of a plan, scheme etc.) Formulated carefully or meticulously.
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References[edit]
- “well-laid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.