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well-grounded

[ wel-groun-did ]

adjective

  1. based on good reasons; well-founded:

    His opposition to the scheme is well-grounded.

  2. well or thoroughly instructed in the basic principles of a subject:

    She is well-grounded in mathematics.



well-grounded

adjective

  1. well instructed in the basic elements of a subject
  2. another term for well-founded
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of well-grounded1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75
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David Davis, who worked closely with Mr Barnier for several years as the UK’s Brexit Secretary, told the BBC he was “a really solid Frenchman†who was “well-grounded in the real Franceâ€.

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"A well-grounded suspicion does warrant more follow-ups but also might not hit the high threshold for overturning the result."

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But a government-appointed special rapporteur said there was “well-grounded suspicion†Mr. Dong also had help from a hidden source as he vied for the Liberal Party’s nomination: the Chinese Consulate.

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Despite these far-fetched ambitions, Rothblatt has funded a wealth of well-grounded research for decades, and her company United Therapeutics has propelled much of the recent progress in xenotransplantation.

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“Soon, the Sudanese state with its well-grounded institutions will rise as victorious, and attempts to hijack our country will be aborted forever,†the Sudanese military said on social media Saturdya.

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