1
[ adjective ] established as if settled into a groove or rut

Synonyms

well-grooved

Used in print

(Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)

one cannot assume , of_course , that all these accumulated meanings were inherent in the stereotype at the beginning of the therapy , or at any one time later_on when the stereotype was uttered ; probably it is correct to think_of it as a matter of a well grooved , stereotyped mode of expression - and no , or but a_few , other communicational grooves , as_yet - being there , available for the patient 's use , as newly emerging emotions and ideas well_up in him over the course of months .

Related terms

established

2
[ adjective ] established as if settled into a groove or rut

Synonyms

well-grooved

Related terms

established

3
[ adjective ] having grooves or tracks cut or incised

Examples

"grooved records"

Related terms

furrowed

*