well-turned in English

adjective
1
(of a compliment, phrase, or verse) elegantly expressed.
Unfortunately, this too becomes irritating, as you become so preoccupied with the well-turned phrases and exotic vocabulary that the already slight storyline comes to seem almost superfluous.
2
(especially of an ankle or leg) having an elegant and attractive shape.
The theme of her new film is carried over into fashion where heaving, corseted bosoms and well-turned ankles encased in fishnets and heels are all the rage.

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1. Atticism definition is - a witty or well-turned phrase

2. Atticism definition is - a witty or well-turned phrase.

3. Geoffrey himself was unrecognisable as the well-turned-out business entrepreneur of Hong Kong.

4. The poem continues effortlessly through hundreds of lines as well turned and snobbish as the famous.

5. Atticism (plural Atticisms) The style and idiom of Attic, the Ancient Greek Athenian dialect A well-turned phrase; a concise manner of speech or expression (historical) A …

6. Atticism (plural Atticisms) The style and idiom of Attic, the Ancient Greek Athenian dialect; A well-turned phrase; a concise manner of speech or expression A favouring of, or attachment to Attica and the Athenians; Related terms

7. (2 John 9-11) May we never succumb to the Devil’s wiles by abandoning the Christian “path of truth” to follow false teachers who seek to “introduce ruinous ideologies” and try to ‘exploit us with well-turned phrases.’ —2 Peter 2:1-3, Byington.