well-inˈstructed, ppl. a.
| 1553 [see instructed]. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Ecclus. xxvi. 14 There is nothing so muche worthe as a woman wel instructed. 1781 Cowper Conversat. 903 But let the wise and well-instructed hand Once take the shell beneath his just command. 1835 Court Mag. VI. 224/2 A well-instructed appreciation of his public claims. 1838 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgia (1863) 24 Mary's brother..performs all the offices of a well-instructed waiter with great efficiency. 1865 Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 224 Deadly sins could hardly be committed in ignorance by any one of well-instructed conscience. |
Hence well-inˈstructedness. rare—1.
| 1628 [see instructedness]. |