Adjective : His opposition to the scheme is well-grounded. ,She is well-grounded in mathematics. From Dictionary.com.
And I spoke at a venture, yet in a well-grounded hazard. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896] Reference
It is a great deal if she is well-grounded and ready to begin. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of Catholic Girls] Reference
I have many well-grounded reasons for believing I can identify him. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar the Detective Or, Dudie Dunne, The Exquisite Detective] Reference
My family have never been without well-grounded fears in that line. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864] Reference
Despite Sammy's close shave I maintained a well-grounded faith in him. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetapple Cove] Reference
Our fiscal policy as fixed by law is well-grounded and generally approved. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
The ANCHOR and ARK are emblems of a well-grounded hope and well-spent life. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge] Reference
A most tantalizing picture indeed, based upon undeniably well-grounded facts. From Wordnik.com. [Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked] Reference
ANDERSON: That ` s one of the biggest, most well-grounded young stars out there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2008] Reference
But you know, she's a very well-grounded girl, and all the other kids are great. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2004] Reference
But, if they are well-grounded in the elements, let us lead them on to perfection. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of Thought As Affecting the Progress of Society] Reference
Now, this was held up as a well-grounded and specific grievance against the military. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
Even under the influence, the Scottish fans seemed well-grounded when it came to soccer. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Have Been Worse] Reference
And this a common sense, I think, well-grounded jury in a common sense, well - grounded town. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2005] Reference
The closest and shrewdest investigation failed to attach a well-grounded suspicion to any one. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
But the first glimpse of Diantha had convinced her that her shrinking recoil had been well-grounded. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
They belong to every well-grounded Catholic education, and the need for them will be felt more and more. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of Catholic Girls] Reference
This impulse to extend one's culture and philosophy is a deep one, and we believe it to be well-grounded. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History] Reference
Alike in town and country the presence of armed and idle ruffians was a source of well-grounded apprehension. From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
M. de Turmenie expressed his well-grounded fear that Canada would eventually fall into the hands of the English. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
Josephine was aware of all this, and sat in her room a prey to well-grounded suspicion and sorrowful presentiments. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
I ` ve got to tell you, she and the rest of the cast are really wonderful, so well-grounded and stay out of trouble. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2007] Reference
It is not to be wondered at that Gladstonian finance was ever after looked at with well-grounded suspicion in Ireland. From Wordnik.com. [Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union] Reference
Also there is a well-grounded belief that McGraw has subsidized the scoreboard boy so that he cheats the visitors somewhat. From Wordnik.com. [Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School] Reference
I believed then and still believe that he was under the influence of perhaps a well-grounded fear that his life was in danger. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
And it's clear today that many ordinary men and women, non-lawyers, believe our courts are in crisis and our concerns are well-grounded. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2005] Reference
Honda, a normally well-grounded car company, is swooping into the hot but crowded new market for very light jets, commonly known as VLJs. From Wordnik.com. [Bytes: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Honda?] Reference
A command among the Pretorians was a sure road to fortune, and Marcellus could look forward with well-grounded prospects of future honors. From Wordnik.com. [The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome] Reference
It was not the Sherman Act that was at fault, but the well-grounded fear on the part of our manufacturers of the passage of a free trade measure. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
A well-grounded apprehension, not only for the "Union," but for the safety of loyal States, was felt on that evening all over the North and West. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862] Reference
But the strain of this threefold service -- preaching, speaking and editing, was too much for his strength, powerful and well-grounded, as he was, physically. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
Far be it from me to deny that their suspicions touching themselves are well-grounded; but that is no reason why other people should not speak to them politely. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
And I do seriously approve of that saying of yours, "that you would rather be a civil, well-governed, well-grounded, temperate, poor angler, than a drunken lord.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886] Reference
Nothing is left for me to say but that; that is the only sentiment which, in presence of so strange a casualty, grief so well-grounded and so poignant, permits me to indulge. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Such was the impression conveyed to Bluebell, who was instantly filled with well-grounded misgivings as to whether her qualifications might be quite up to the standard expected. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
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