well-turned

adjective

Definition of well-turnednext
1
as in buxom

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2
as in pithy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-turned
  1. buxom
  2. pithy
  3. voluptuous
  4. epigrammatic
  5. succinct
  6. well-endowed
  7. plump
  8. sententious
Adjective
  • On the balcony of his grandparents’ Florida condo, Billy spies a buxom woman lounging by the pool.
    Caroline Madden, Vulture, 8 July 2024
  • My buxom breasts and backside are also accompanied by fat on my arms, belly, and legs.
    Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of buxom
Adjective
  • My request was straightforward; please explain, in one pithy paragraph, the reason for all this hope.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The newsletter’s combination of pithy irreverence and countercultural credibility had proved popular and grew more so, accumulating nearly five hundred subjects.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of pithy
Adjective
  • Hugo wrote in voluptuous, righteous prose about Notre-Dame’s dereliction.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This place gives what is uniquely a sweet and voluptuous touch to the tannins, combined with very intense spiciness on the finish.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of voluptuous
Adjective
  • Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell (1791) The best and most entertaining biography ever written in English — addictive for its prescient, informal, racy prose and Johnson's epigrammatic precision and enduring decency.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Dylan is helplessly epigrammatic.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2022
Definition of epigrammatic
Adjective
  • Speaking on behalf of the Mercosur nations, President of Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou was more restrained and succinct.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Reed makes Daisy feel special, teasing an exciting life filled with danger and offering succinct praise framed as keen insights.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of succinct
Adjective
  • Colleges that are less well-endowed might have fewer proxies that strain their financial aid budget, but still should use individualized proxies to meet their institutional needs.
    Scott White, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Unfortunately, as anyone else who is well-endowed can likely attest, one-pieces seldom do the girls justice.
    Brie Schwartz, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2024
Definition of well-endowed
Adjective
  • This drugstore darling is a versatile medicine cabinet staple for its mix of petroleum jelly, mineral oil, glycerin, and lanolin that acts as an all-in-one humectant, emollient, and occlusive to ensure your skin stays soft and plump.
    Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Layer on generously before bedtime to find flaky, parched lips replaced by smooth, soft, plump pout come morning.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of plump
Adjective
  • This is a bracing, even novel, perspective on a war whose film depictions so often traffic in sententious Greatest Generation platitudes.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Only the vivid image of the warped planks keeps this remark from being the type of sententious counsel that Polonius might have given his son.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
Definition of sententious
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well-to-do

well-turned

well (up)

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