'Well-meaning' definitions:
Definition of 'well-meaning'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not unfriendly or threatening; "her well-meaning words were received in silence"; "the exasperation of a...well- meaning cow worried by dogs" [syn: well-meaning, unthreatening]
adjective
Marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter"; "a well- meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm; "blunt but well-meant criticism" [syn: well- intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant]
Definition of 'Well-meaning'
From: GCIDE
- Well-meaning \Well"-mean`ing\, a. Having a good intention. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'well-meaning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agreeable,
- amiable,
- amicable,
- beneficent,
- benevolent,
- benign,
- benignant,
- brotherly,
- congenial,
- cooperative,
- favorable,
- fraternal,
- friendlike,
- friendly,
- harmonious,
- kind,
- kindly,
- kindly-disposed,
- neighborlike,
- neighborly,
- peaceable,
- pleasant,
- propitious,
- simpatico,
- sisterly,
- sociable,
- sympathique,
- unhostile,
- well-affected,
- well-disposed,
- well-intentioned,
- well-meant