Meanings
comparative better-disposed · comparative more well-disposed · superlative best-disposed · superlative most well-disposed
- friendly and sympathetic
A memorial inscription on Long Melford church reads, 'the work of well-disposed men'. It refers to the wool merchants who contributed to its building in the 1490s.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 269
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveinclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek εὐμενής
- εὐμενής (eumenḗs)friendly and sympathetic
Bulgarian благоразположен
- благоразположен (blagorazpoložen)friendly and sympathetic
Dutch geporteerd
- geporteerdfriendly and sympathetic
Irish méiniúil, báúil
- méiniúilfriendly and sympathetic
- báúilfriendly and sympathetic
Italian bendisposto, benevolente
- bendispostofriendly and sympathetic
- benevolentefriendly and sympathetic
Latvian gaišs
- gaišsfriendly and sympathetic
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