ppl. a. Fortunate in one’s marriage. Also, † legally married.
1592. Shaks., Rom. & Jul., IV. v. 77. Shee’s not well married, that liues married long, But shee’s best married, that dies married yong. Ibid. (1600), A. Y. L., III. iii. 94. He is not like to marrie me wel: and not being wel married, it will be a good excuse for me heereafter, to leaue my wife.
1741. Richardson, Pamela (1824), I. xxii. 273. Is it not a sad thing to think of, that ladies, let them be young or old, well-married or ill-married, cannot live without intrigue?
