Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for well-pleased

well-pleased

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Athena well-pleased left Olympus and glided down to Ithaca.

Read more on Literature

There standing at the door was Saruman himself, looking well-fed and well-pleased; his eyes gleamed with malice and amusement.

Read more on Literature

"The Philippine government presents a whitewashed view of Rodrigo Duterte's drug war that paints a ludicrous veneer of civility and lawfulness. They will be well-pleased by the first two episodes of Amo," said deputy Asia director Phelim Kine.

Read more on BBC

Wang Lung rose then, well-pleased, and he laughed and said, “Now we are friends, and have you no son for my second daughter?”

Read more on Literature

But after he had bowed and gone away well-pleased, he said to himself, “The thing may be done,” and he looked at his young daughter when he came home and she was a pretty child and her mother had bound her feet well, so that she moved about with small graceful steps.

Read more on Literature

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement