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1713. Steele, etc., Guardian, No. 64, ¶ 18. I am charmed with his artificial Expressions in well adapted Similes.
1825. J. Neal, Bro. Jonathan, II. 164. Her gown was a drab silk … of a cut well-adapted for the display of her fine shape.
1842. Dickens, Amer. Notes, iii. With a rude eloquence, well adapted to the comprehension of his hearers.
