well-regulated

adjective

Orderly, properly maintained, and efficiently managed.

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Meanings

adjectivewell-regulated (comparative more well-regulated, superlative most well-regulated)

comparative more well-regulated · superlative most well-regulated

  1. Orderly, properly maintained, and efficiently managed.

    Each well-regulated Indian Cemetery keeps half a dozen graves permanently open for contingencies and incidental wear and tear.

    1889, Rudyard Kipling, “At the Pit's Mouth”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 52
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