well-regulated

adj

well-regulated

adj

1

Orderly, properly maintained, and efficiently managed.

Each well-regulated Indian Cemetery keeps half a dozen graves permanently open for contingencies and incidental wear and tear.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “At the Pit's Mouth”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 52:

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