well-reg|u|lat|ed

well-reg|u|lat|ed
well-reg|u|lat|ed «WEHL REHG yuh LAY tihd», adjective.
1. regulated well; kept in due order; well-ordered: »

a well-regulated household, mind, or life. Social virtues not to be disregarded in any well-regulated community (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

2. being what a person or thing should be: »

He was to return as any respectable, well-regulated prodigal ought to return—abject, broken-hearted, asking forgiveness (Samuel Butler).


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