well-meaning
善意的,好心的,善意,好意
Definitions
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- : meaning or intending well; having good intentions: a well-meaning but tactless person.
- : Also well-meant [wel-ment] /ˈwɛlˈmɛnt/ . proceeding from good intentions: Her well-meaning words were received in silence.
Examples
The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
His discourse is now more detailed: submission, which is the meaning of islam in Arabic, gives him a kind of enjoyment.
The well, ghost or no ghost, is certainly a piece of history with a bold presence.
In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.
The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.
The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.