I’m curious whether, if one were to order a bagel, well toasted, if the correct hyphenation would be, “Hello, could I please get a well-toasted bagel?”
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1Does this answer your question? Hyphen: “well defined” vs. “well-defined”. WordReference has a long list of well-Ved compounds, all hyphenated. – Edwin Ashworth Aug 17 '20 at 14:11
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2It would normally be a well-toasted bagel. But that would change in the context of something like a very* well toasted bagel* where the longer phrase warrants the lack of hyphenation. (This is a Chicago Manual of Style addition to Associated Press.) – Jason Bassford Aug 17 '20 at 14:35
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1SInce well toasted bagel is completely unambiguous (with or without a hyphen) it's a stylistic choice. – Peter Shor Aug 17 '20 at 15:18