Which should you use, well-healed or well-heeled? The adjective well-heeled, meaning wealthy, is used in informal English. Used before a noun, the adjective well-healed describes something that has healed well.
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There are plenty of well-healed lawyers who will benefit from the new courthouse.
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There are plenty of well-heeled lawyers who will benefit from the new courthouse.
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He had well-heeled scars on his left forearm.
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He had well-healed scars on his left forearm.
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