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"she married well"adverbin a manner affording benefit or advantage
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"the children behaved well" "a task well done" "the party went well" "he slept well" "a well-argued thesis" "a well-seasoned dish" "a well-planned party"adverb(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
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"I might well do it" "you may well need your umbrella" "he could equally well be trying to deceive us"adverbindicating high probability; in all likelihood
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"it is well that no one saw you" "all's well that ends well"adjectiveresulting favorably
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"I'm afraid the film was well over budget"adverbto a great extent or degree
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"she was a well of information"nounan abundant source
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"we knew them well"adverbwith great or especially intimate knowledge
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"Tears well in her eyes" "the currents well up"verbcome up, as of a liquid
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"They live well"adverbin financial comfort
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nounan enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumpstype of:
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nounan open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)type of:
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"appears to be entirely well" "the wound is nearly well" "a well man" "I think I'm well; at least I feel well"adjectivein good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
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"a book well worth reading" "was well aware of the difficulties ahead" "suspected only too well what might be going on"adverb(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
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"it would be well to start early"adjectivewise or advantageous and hence advisable
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"their neighbors spoke well of them" "he thought well of the book"favorably; with approvalOpposite:
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"she dances well" "he writes well"with skill or in a pleasing mannerOpposite:
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"took the joke well" "took the tragic news well"without unusual distress or resentment; with good humorOpposite:
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