Meanings
adjectivewell-laid (comparative better-laid, superlative best-laid)
comparative better-laid · superlative best-laid
- Firmly and properly laid.
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.
2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67 - scheme etc.Formulated carefully or meticulously.
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