Dictionary

well-meaning en · ADJ

Etymology

From well + meaning.

Meanings

1. With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation.
   • In the first scene, he bites the arm of a well-meaning counselor at the group home and dashes out of the building, all in a vain attempt to locate the father who abandoned him. 2012 March 15, Scott Tobias, “The Kid With A Bike [Review]”, in AV Club:
   • The professor is well-meaning enough, but he usually ruins things one way or another.

Forms

Deriveds

well-meaningly · well-meaningness

Translations (25)

nb velmenende (with good intentions) · nl goedbedoeld (with good intentions) · grc εὐφρονέων (with good intentions) · sv välment (with good intentions) · de gutwillig (with good intentions) · kw masvresek (with good intentions) · hu jóakaratú (with good intentions) · it benintenzionato (with good intentions) · fi hyvää tarkoittava (with good intentions) · hu jóhiszemű (with good intentions) · yi מיט גוטע כּוונות (with good intentions) · de gutmeinender (with good intentions) · eo bonintenca (with good intentions) · hu jó szándékú (with good intentions) · io bonintenca (with good intentions) · mk добронамерен (with good intentions) · sv välmenande (with good intentions) · hu jóindulatú (with good intentions) · pt bem-intencionado (with good intentions) · bg доброжелателен (with good intentions) · cs s dobrými úmysly (with good intentions) · fr bien intentionné (with good intentions) · pl o dobrych intencjach (with good intentions) · de gut gemeint (with good intentions) · fi hyväntahtoinen (with good intentions)