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adj. - Established as if settled into a rut or niche.

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  • The well-grooved golf swing, the beautifully executed tennis shot, the sailing grace of an acrobat and the effortless beauty of a dancer are all good examples of that fact.
  • "Minister," Rutledge began when it was his turn, "I find it difficult as well to understand your intransigence -" He went on along his own well-grooved path, varying...
  • Tommy had no intention of letting the Commander run ahead on the well-grooved track.
  • They do not see what is not obvious, are unable to do the unexpected, are incapable of adjusting their well-grooved lives to other and strange grooves.
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