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(adverb) (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard; "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-planned party"; (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well' as in "the baby can walk pretty good") |
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Synonyms: good |
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Antonyms: ill |
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(adverb) without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor; "took the joke well"; "took the tragic news well" |
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Antonyms: badly |
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(adverb) indicating high probability; in all likelihood; "I might well do it"; "a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster"; "you may well need your umbrella"; "he could equally well be trying to deceive us" |
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Synonyms: easily |
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(adverb) thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form; "The problem is well understood"; "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" |
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(adverb) favorably; with approval; "their neighbors spoke well of them"; "he thought well of the book" |
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Antonyms: ill |
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(adverb) to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree; "the project was well underway"; "the fetus has well developed organs"; "his father was well pleased with his grades" |
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(adverb) in financial comfort; "They live well"; "she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died" |
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Synonyms: comfortably |
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(adverb) in a manner affording benefit or advantage; "she married well"; "The children were settled advantageously in Seattle" |
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Synonyms: advantageously |
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Antonyms: badly |
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(adverb) to a great extent or degree; "I'm afraid the film was well over budget"; "painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger"; "the house has fallen considerably in value"; "the price went up substantially" |
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Synonyms: considerably, substantially |
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(adverb) with skill or in a pleasing manner; "she dances well"; "he writes well" |
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Antonyms: badly |
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(adverb) with prudence or propriety; "You would do well to say nothing more"; "could not well refuse" |
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(adverb) with great or especially intimate knowledge; "we knew them well |
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Synonyms: intimately |
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(adverb) (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) "a book well worth reading"; "was well aware of the difficulties ahead"; "suspected only too well what might be going on" |
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(satellite adjective) wise or advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be well to start early" |
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(verb) come up, as of liquids: "Tears well in her eyes" |
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Synonyms: swell |
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Related Words: come up, rise, rise up, surface |
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(adjective) in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well" |
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Antonyms: ill |
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(noun) a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine |
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Related Words: artesian well, driven well, excavation, gas well, hole in the ground, oil well, sump, tube well |
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(noun) 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 |
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Related Words: bilge well, compartment |
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(noun) an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway) |
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Related Words: shaft, stairwell |
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(noun) a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid |
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Related Words: inkwell, vessel |
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(noun) an abundant source; "she was a well of information" |
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Synonyms: fountainhead, wellspring |
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Related Words: source |
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(satellite adjective) resulting favorably; "its a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"; "it is well that no one saw you"; "all's well that ends well" |
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Synonyms: good |
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