well-turned in English

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      "form": "better-turned",
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    },
    {
      "form": "more well-turned",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "best-turned",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "most well-turned",
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        "superlative"
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        "Having a pleasing shape"
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        "Pleasingly expressed"
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        "(of language) Pleasingly expressed"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Expertly turned on a lathe"
      ],
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        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
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        [
          "lathe",
          "lathe"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of woodwork) Expertly turned on a lathe"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of woodwork"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "well-turned"
}

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    "English lemmas",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "form": "better-turned",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more well-turned",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "best-turned",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most well-turned",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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      ],
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        [
          "pleasing",
          "pleasing"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Pleasingly expressed"
      ],
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          "expressed",
          "expressed"
        ]
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        "(of language) Pleasingly expressed"
      ],
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        "of language"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Expertly turned on a lathe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "lathe",
          "lathe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of woodwork) Expertly turned on a lathe"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of woodwork"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "well-turned"
}

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"well-turned" meaning in English

Adjective