well-meaning

well-meaning
    adj 1: not unfriendly or threatening; "her well-meaning words
           were received in silence"; "the exasperation of a...well-
           meaning cow worried by dogs" [syn: {well-meaning},
           {unthreatening}]
    2: marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate
       results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter"; "a well-
       meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's well-meaning efforts
       threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"-
       S.W.Maughm; "blunt but well-meant criticism" [syn: {well-
       intentioned}, {well-meaning}, {well-meant}]
    

Well-meaning \Well"-mean`ing\, a.
   Having a good intention.
   [1913 Webster]
    

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "well-meaning":
      agreeable, amiable, amicable, beneficent, benevolent, benign,
      benignant, brotherly, congenial, cooperative, favorable, fraternal,
      friendlike, friendly, harmonious, kind, kindly, kindly-disposed,
      neighborlike, neighborly, peaceable, pleasant, propitious,
      simpatico, sisterly, sociable, sympathique, unhostile,
      well-affected, well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meant