ppl. a. Set in a good place or position; rightly, fittingly, or judiciously placed.
1606. Chapman, Gentl. Usher, IV. i. How strong an influence works in well plac’d words.
1607. B. Jonson, Volpone, V. iii. To cosen him of all, were but a cheat Well plac’d.
1635–56. Cowley, Davideis, I. 595. A well-plac’ed Tapers light, Adds a becoming horror to the sight.
1674. Barbette’s Chirurg. (ed. 2), 5. The Bone is well-placed, if in the second dressing, you find all even.
1753. Miss Collier, Art Torment., I. iii. (1811), 86. Well-placed kindness.
1790. Burke, Fr. Rev., 96. They have perverted in themselves … all the well-placed sympathies of the human breast.
1876. Coursing Calendar, 21. Filey … after losing ground at the start, got well placed.
b. Holding a good social position. In quot. absol.
1863. J. C. Jeaffreson, Sir Everard’s Dau., 204. That distrust and commiserating disdain which the rich and well-placed are so prone to feel for the poor.
