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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of a chair, having a long back that reaches up to or beyond the head of a seated person..
On one side of the room was a large coffer, whose carving was worn smooth and shining with time; and on the other was a cumbrous book-case, filled with large and silver-clasped tomes. The only other articles of furniture were a small table, and a heavy, high-backed chair, covered with black serge.
As I entered the room, the fire [...] flickering light through the wide-open door over the room, which was very deep, and furnished in the old style with high-backed Russia leather chairs, and one of those settees which were intended for farthingales and straight up-and-down positions.
Use high-backed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
High-backed means Of a chair, having a long back that reaches up to or beyond the head of a seated person..
Common synonyms include backed.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
On one side of the room was a large coffer, whose carving was worn smooth and shining with time; and on the other was a cumbrous book-case, filled with large and silver-clasped tomes. The only other articles of furniture were a small table, and a heavy, high-backed chair, covered with black serge.
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