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Well

adverb
1.
(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').  Synonym: good.  "A task well done" , "The party went well" , "He slept well" , "A well-argued thesis" , "A well-seasoned dish" , "A well-planned party" , "The baby can walk pretty good"  Antonym: ill.
2.
Thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form.  "She was well informed" , "Shake well before using" , "In order to avoid food poisoning be sure the meat is well cooked" , "Well-done beef" , "Well-satisfied customers" , "Well-educated"
3.
Indicating high probability; in all likelihood.  Synonym: easily.  "A mistake that could easily have ended in disaster" , "You may well need your umbrella" , "He could equally well be trying to deceive us"
4.
(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully.  "Was well aware of the difficulties ahead" , "Suspected only too well what might be going on"
5.
To a suitable or appropriate extent or degree.  "The fetus has well developed organs" , "His father was well pleased with his grades"
6.
Favorably; with approval.  "He thought well of the book"  Antonym: ill.
7.
To a great extent or degree.  Synonyms: considerably, substantially.  "Painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger" , "The house has fallen considerably in value" , "The price went up substantially"
8.
With great or especially intimate knowledge.  Synonym: intimately.
9.
With prudence or propriety.  "Could not well refuse"
10.
With skill or in a pleasing manner.  "He writes well"  Antonym: badly.
11.
In a manner affording benefit or advantage.  Synonym: advantageously.  "The children were settled advantageously in Seattle"  Antonyms: disadvantageously, badly.
12.
In financial comfort.  Synonym: comfortably.  "She has been able to live comfortably since her husband died"
13.
Without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor.  "Took the tragic news well"  Antonym: badly.
adjective
1.
In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury.  "The wound is nearly well" , "A well man" , "I think I'm well; at least I feel well"  Antonym: ill.
2.
Resulting favorably.  Synonym: good.  "It is good that you stayed" , "It is well that no one saw you" , "All's well that ends well"
3.
Wise or advantageous and hence advisable.
noun
1.
A deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine.
2.
A cavity or vessel used to contain liquid.
3.
An abundant source.  Synonyms: fountainhead, wellspring.
4.
An open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway).
5.
An 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 pumps.
verb
(past & past part. welled; pres. part. welling)
1.
Come up, as of a liquid.  Synonym: swell.  "The currents well up"



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"Well" Quotes from Famous Books



... I well know that history, when we look at it in small portions, may be so construed as to mean anything, that it may be interpreted in as many ways as a Delphic oracle. "The French Revolution," says one expositor, "was the effect of concession." ...
— The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) - Lord Macaulay's Speeches • Thomas Babington Macaulay
... rapturously. "You dear thing! how well you look! and how perfect it all is up here! And this is Mr. Page, whom I have known all about ever since the Hillsover days! and this is dear little Geoff! Clover, his eyes are exactly like yours! And ...
— In the High Valley - Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series • Susan Coolidge
... "Very well. He must fight Miss Barry and Miss Morgan. I did send a man to do some work, but Miss Barry paid the bills. I keep my ...
— Hope Mills - or Between Friend and Sweetheart • Amanda M. Douglas
... warm in his congratulations, and even Dr. Rally, who had seen the game from a portion of the stand reserved for the teaching staff, so far unbent as to stop for a moment and tell him that he had done "very well, ...
— The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall - Or, Great Days in School and Out • Spencer Davenport
... under the orders of Bernardo Boyle, a Benedictine friar; and Columbus had been directed (May 29, 1493) to endeavor by all means in his power to christianize the inhabitants of the islands, to make them presents, and to "honor them much," while all under him were commanded to treat them "well and lovingly," under pain of severe punishment. On October 13th the ships, which had put in at the Canaries, left Ferrol, and so early as Sunday, November 3d, after a single storm, "by the goodness of God and the wise ...
— Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia • Various


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