developed
/dɪˈvɛləpt/ adjective A2- wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.
- Mature.
- Containing man-made structures such as roads, sewers, electric lines, buildings, and so on.
- Having useful or necessary infrastructure.
- Advanced, fully formed.
- Processed and fixed; containing a visible negative (or positive for slide film) image
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Fernand’s fortune was already waxing great, and she developed with his growing fortune.
She said we couldn’t be too careful what habits we formed and what ideals we acquired in our teens, because by the time we were twenty our characters would be developed and the foundation laid for our whole future life.
And we decided that we would try to be very careful indeed and form respectable habits and learn all we could and be as sensible as possible, so that by the time we were twenty our characters would be properly developed.
The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that here and there a “To Let” card had developed like a cataract upon the bleared panes.
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