Definitions

well-preserved

[wel-pri-zurvd] / ˈwɛl prɪˈzɜrvd /

ADJECTIVE

well-kept

Synonyms

STRONGEST

unspoiled

WEAK

boyish childish fresh full of life girlish tender young

Example Sentences

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Bassist and singer Geddy Lee, his voice eerily well-preserved for a 72-year-old, rode the contours of these numbers with electrifying menace and character, justifying all the risks inherent in this reunion tour.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Since then, his stunningly well-preserved remains have been kept at the same temperature -- minus six degrees Celsius -- as his icy tomb.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Fossils from this critical transition are rare, especially well-preserved ones from the end of the Triassic.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

These remains belong to a titanosaurian sauropod, a long-necked dinosaur for which no comparably well-preserved skeletons had ever been discovered in Transylvania.

From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025

When my wife, Marie, and I were vacationing in Australia one summer, we decided to visit a site with well-preserved Aboriginal rock paintings in the desert near the town of Menindee.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond