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well



[ ˈwel]



well   
adverb

Definition of well (Entry 3 of 5)

1a : in a good or proper manner : justly, rightly
b : satisfactorily with respect to conduct or action
//did well in math works well under pressure
2 : in a kindly or friendly manner
//spoke well of your idea wished them well
3a : with skill or aptitude : expertly, excellently
//paints well
b : satisfactorily
//the plan worked well
c : with good appearance or effect : elegantly
//carried himself well
4 : with careful or close attention : attentively
//watch well what I do
5 : to a high degree
//well deserved the honor a well-equipped kitchen —often used as an intensifier or qualifierthere are … vacancies pretty well all the time — Listener
6 : fully, quite
//well worth the price
7a : in a way appropriate to the facts or circumstances : fittingly, rightly
//well said
b : in a prudent manner : sensibly —used with do
//you would do well to reread the material
8 : in accordance with the occasion or circumstances : with propriety or good reason
//cannot well refuse the decision may well be questioned
9a : as one could wish : pleasingly
//the idea didn't sit well with her
b : with material success : advantageously
//married well
10a : easily, readily
//could well afford a new car
b : in all likelihood : indeed
//it may well be true
11 : in a prosperous or affluent manner
//he lives well
12 : to an extent approaching completeness : thoroughly
//after being well dried with a towel
13 : without doubt or question : clearly
//well knew the penalty
14 : in a familiar manner
//knew her well
15 : to a large extent or degree : considerably, far
//well over a million
as well
1 : in addition : also
//there were other features as well
2 : to the same extent or degree : as much
//open as well to the poor as to the rich
3 : with equivalent, comparable, or more favorable effect
//might just as well have stayed home

well   
noun
[ˈwel]

Definition of well

 (Entry 1 of 5)

1a : an issue of water from the earth : a pool fed by a spring
b : source, origin
2a : a pit or hole sunk into the earth to reach a supply of water
b : a shaft or hole sunk to obtain oil, brine, or gas
3a : an enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold to protect from damage and facilitate the inspection of the pumps
b : a compartment in the hold of a fishing boat in which fish are kept alive
4 : an open space extending vertically through floors of a structure
5a : a space having a construction or shape suggesting a well for water
b : the area behind a bar in which items used most frequently by a bartender are kept
6a : something resembling a well in being damp, cool, deep, or dark
b : a deep vertical hole
c : a source from which something may be drawn as needed
7 : a pronounced minimum of a variable in physics
//a potential well

well   
adjective
better\ ˈbe-​tər \; best\ ˈbest \

Definition of well (Entry 5 of 5)

1a : prosperous, well-off
b : being in satisfactory condition or circumstances
2 : being in good standing or favor
3 : satisfactory, pleasing
//all's well that ends well
4 : advisable, desirable
//it might be well for you to leave
5a : free or recovered from infirmity or disease : healthy
//he's not a well man
b : completely cured or healed
//the wound is nearly well
6 : pleasing or satisfactory in appearance our garden looks well— Conrad Aiken
7 : being a cause for thankfulness : fortunate
//it is well that this has happened
8 of liquor : used for making mixed drinks when no branded alcohol is specified
also : made with well liquor
//a well drink

well   
verb
welled; welling; wells

Definition of well (Entry 2 of 5)

intransitive verb

1 : to rise to the surface and usually flow forth
//tears welled from her eyes
2 : to rise like a flood of liquid
//longing welled up in his breast

transitive verb

: to emit in a copious free flow


Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty

Synonyms: Noun

Synonyms: Adjective

Synonyms: Adverb

Synonyms: Antonyms:adjective


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Adjective

healthy, sound, wholesome, robust, hale, well mean enjoying or indicative of good health. healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease.
// a healthy family sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction.
// a sound heart wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance.
// a face with a wholesome glow robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly.
// a lively, robust little boy hale applies particularly to robustness in old age.
// still hale at the age of eighty well implies merely freedom from disease or illness.
// she has never been a well person



Recent Examples on the Web

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
//The push to change how information about water quality is released came in response to an August study that showed 32 of 35 private wells that had earlier been found to be contaminated continued to have contamination.
— Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin governor to county officials wanting to prosecute reporters: Don't take on the media," 13 Nov. 2019
//Oklahoma exploration and production Devon Energy is one step away from capping a blowout at a natural gas well that has prompted authorities to seal off thousands of acres of land near the Eagle Ford Shale towns of Yorktown and Nordheim.
— Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle, "Devon Energy one step away from capping blowout in DeWitt County," 12 Nov. 2019
//The study found that 32 of 35 private wells contained fecal matter from humans or livestock.
— Reis Thebault, Washington Post, "Local resolution threatens to prosecute journalists who don’t publish a press release word-for-word," 12 Nov. 2019
//In 1987 the Army reimbursed the city for deeper wells that were dug to bypass the contamination and paid for a new treatment plant.
— Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, "New Brighton city manager takes position in Eureka, Calif.," 11 Nov. 2019
//Through wells drilling into the contamination zone, water will be pumped out to remove coal tar and stop the spread of its ingredients.
— Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, "Orlando Superfund pollution in Parramore gets concrete grave," 7 Nov. 2019
//In the twelfth century, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa poisoned water wells during the siege of Tortona, in Italy.
— Ana Santos Rutschman, The Conversation, "Salad bars and water systems are easy targets for bioterrorists – and America’s monitoring system is woefully inadequate," 7 Nov. 2019
//Nobody has to smuggle Pringles across the country hidden in the wheel well of a car.
— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, "Food Addictions Are Real Addictions—And More And More People Are Getting Hooked," 6 Nov. 2019
//Inter, meanwhile, on the back of their weekend victory over Bologna, sit in a well deserved second position in the Serie A table, having won nine out of a possible 11 games.
— SI.com, "Borussia Dortmund vs Inter Preview: Where to Watch, Live Stream, Kick Off Time & Team News," 4 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
//The message welling up from the lowest of this movie’s depths is unforgiving and, for all the movie’s wit, quite tragic.
— BostonGlobe.com, "Family ties (and lies) in dark comic masterpiece ‘Parasite’ - The Boston Globe," 18 Oct. 2019
//The Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount chain, a line of peaks on the ocean floor, was created when a tectonic plate moved over a spot where hot rock welled up from deep inside the Earth.
— Suzanne O'connell, The Conversation, "Curious Kids: How deep is the ocean?," 7 Oct. 2019
//In fact, her serious tone verged on fury at times, while at other moments tears welled up in her eyes.
— Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, "Trump appears to mock Greta Thunberg in a tweet, and she returns the favor," 24 Sep. 2019
//Cold water welling up from the depths of the ocean has helped to hold off the warm expanse.
— Fox News, "Scientists monitoring marine heat wave off West Coast which could disrupt ecosystem," 6 Sep. 2019
//For now, cold waters welling up from the ocean depths have held the mass of warm water offshore, but that phenomenon usually eases in the fall.
— Los Angeles Times, "A giant mass of warm water off the Pacific Coast could rival ‘the blob’ of 2014-15," 5 Sep. 2019
//The vitriol that welled up so visibly and disturbingly in that crowd Wednesday night symbolized the unusual place that Trump’s own rhetoric has gotten him into.
— Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Is Trump’s latest race-baiting a 2020 campaign strategy?," 19 July 2019
//And Jack Harbaugh — the father of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh — was sitting in the back with tears welling in his eyes.
— Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, "Jim Harbaugh sends heartbreaking gift to funeral of Michigan boy who died on field," 13 Sep. 2019
//Regalado, a first-generation immigrant from the Philippines, paused multiple times to wipe away tears welling in her eyes.
— Lauren Hernández, SFChronicle.com, "Activists interrupt Pelosi award ceremony in San Francisco, demand she take action to impeach Trump," 21 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
//That’s partly to do with the timing, and the league is at fault for that as well.
— Washington Post, "Yankees and Red Sox Bring Baseball to London. Will Brits Care?," 18 Sep. 2019
//The four of us — a scientist, a logistics coordinator, a mountaineering guide and me, an NBC News reporter — were well out of cellphone range, likely the only humans for dozens of miles.
— Denise Chow, NBC News, "My night stranded on the edge of Greenland's fast-melting Helheim Glacier," 17 Sep. 2019
//For starters, if the rings are young, then most of Saturn’s icy moons may be as well—including geyser-spewing Enceladus, which hosts a big ocean of salty water beneath its frigid shell.
— Mike Wall, Scientific American, "Saturn’s Rings May Be Ancient After All," 17 Sep. 2019
//By then, paddy fields doubled as carp ponds; that seems to have been the case at the Asahi site in Japan, as well.
— Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Aquaculture may be the future of seafood, but its past is ancient," 17 Sep. 2019
//His brand-new New Smyrna Beach eatery, the Local Pearl Oyster Shoppe, is on Sublime’s client list as well.
— Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, "Oysters farmed in Florida are a shucking success among tide-to-table crowd," 16 Sep. 2019
//But there's a case defensively as well: Someone has to guard the other team's best player.
— Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "ASK IRA: Should Justise Winslow’s defense be prioritized?," 16 Sep. 2019
//That decision was controversial, and the Amsterdam Museum’s recent announcement has been as well.
— Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Why the Amsterdam Museum Will No Longer Use the Term ‘Dutch Golden Age’," 16 Sep. 2019
//Some might argue that Rothy's timing has been pretty perfect as well.
— Shannon Fitzgerald, Fortune, "How Sustainable Startup Rothy’s Found Success Turning Recycled Water Bottles into Fashionable Footwear," 15 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples on the Web: Interjection
//Having a good, well-rounded family emergency plan and some basic emergency supplies in place can put your mind at ease and go a long way to making the aftermath of an unexpected event more bearable.
— Rebecca Mcbane, South Florida Parenting, "Don't Wait for the Storm: The most important step in a Family Emergency Plan is to make one," 30 Aug. 2017
//If such practices made going about the activities of daily life terrifying for Arpaio’s Latino constituents (especially the undocumented ones), well, that was the point.
— Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "‘Sheriff Joe’ and Everyday American Authoritarianism," 30 Aug. 2017
//Well, the knock-it-off suggestion is a good place to start.
— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, "7 Signs You're Dealing With a Passive-Aggressive Person," 30 Aug. 2017
//If the 10 pilot subjects tolerate the treatment well and no safety issues arise— seizures are the primary concern—Steele’s group will launch a double-blind phase II trial with 60 cocaine users.
— Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, "Brain-altering magnetic pulses could zap cocaine addiction," 29 Aug. 2017
//Well, the good people there need to do more to stop the evil their state pushes.
— Ramsey Touchberry, USA TODAY College, "Instructor calls Harvey 'karma' for Texas Republicans. University fires him.," 29 Aug. 2017
//Well, convicting someone of contempt is the one and only way the judicial branch can put muscle behind its decisions.
— Nardine Saad, latimes.com, "Trevor Noah says Trump's pardon of Sheriff Arpaio renders courts powerless," 29 Aug. 2017
//September's about to be lit (well, as lit as classic Disney films can get).
— Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, "Everything Coming to Netflix in September 2017," 23 Aug. 2017
//Synthetic strings, for example, may not have been this capable of producing actual emotion, since, well, the early-’80s that Granduciel so often references.
— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "The Classic-Rock Ecstasy of The War on Drugs," 23 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
//The tradition of football is also alive and well for the Aylwards; Bob continues to offer advice in his retirement, and Johnny is now an offensive quality control coach with the Houston Texans.
— BostonGlobe.com, "These high school coaches share a deep-rooted football connection - The Boston Globe," 8 Nov. 2019
//Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard said the last one, named Lucy is alive and well but has entered retirement.
— USA TODAY, "Massive pumpkin, runaway emu, 38-year-old penguin dies: News from around our 50 states," 21 Oct. 2019
//Alternate universes are alive and well in Supernatural in season 15.
— Samantha Highfill, EW.com, "Supernatural boss says there's 'a reason Kevin was in hell'," 17 Oct. 2019
//It is understood that the €80m fee will be paid out over various instalments, allowing the club to spread the cost in accordance with their well-documented (though not very affecting) 'meager' summer budget.
— SI.com, "Report: Nicolas Pepe to Undergo Arsenal Medical as €80M Transfer Nears," 29 July 2019
//But during the late 20th century this consensus frayed, raising the question of how well democracy can function if the major players in it do not recognize the potential tensions between it and capitalism and are committed to overcoming them.
— Sheri Berman, Vox, "The development and decay of democracy," 18 June 2019
//Thank you for all your well wishes and the letters, notes, emails, voicemails and texts.
— Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, "Dan Gilbert returns home to Detroit following two months in Chicago rehabilitation facility for stroke," 22 Aug. 2019
//See all of their well wishes in the social media posts below.
— Mitchell Peters, Billboard, "See How the Kardashians & Jenners Celebrated Kanye West's 42nd Birthday on Social Media," 9 June 2019
//In his first three games, Gonzalez seemed to have acclimated himself well to Wrigley Field, especially with his route running in right field. 2.
— Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "5 takeaways from the Cubs-Rockies series, including Carlos Gonzalez's impact and Carl Edwards Jr.'s rebound," 7 June 2019


First Known Use of well

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Adverb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Interjection

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a



History and Etymology for well

Noun

Middle English welle, from Old English; akin to Old English weallan to bubble, boil, Old High German wella wave, Lithuanian vilnis

Verb

Middle English, from Old English wellan to cause to well; akin to Old English weallan to bubble, boil

Adverb

Middle English wel, going back to Old English, going back to Germanic *welō (whence Old Frisian wol, wel, wal "in a good manner," Old Saxon wola, wela, wala, Old High German wola, Old Norse vel, val), from an adjectival derivative of the base of *weljan- "to want" — more at will entry 1



Dictionary Entries near well

welfarism

welk

welkin

well

welladay

well-adjusted

well-advised



Phrases Related to well

(all) for the best

(all) the best

(it's) better (to be) safe than sorry

Sunday best

a change for the better

against one's better judgment

alive and well



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(Entry 1 of 4)

enjoying health and vigor
  • my mother is quite well, thank you

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well

adverb

Synonyms & Antonyms of well (Entry 2 of 4)

1 in a satisfactory way
  • our current system for dividing household chores works well, so let's keep it

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2 in a generous manner
  • a warm and gracious host who always treats guests well

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3 in a skillful or expert manner
  • she plays the piano very well

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4 with good reason or courtesy
  • we cannot well get out of going to your cousin's wedding

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5 in a pleasing way
  • the day went well, despite the rough beginning

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6 to a full extent or degree
  • we are well aware that this home renovation is going to be costly

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7 without difficulty
  • he can well afford to spare the time

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well

interjection

Synonyms of well (Entry 3 of 4)

how surprising, doubtful, or unbelievable
  • well, that is odd!

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well

noun

Synonyms of well (Entry 4 of 4)

1 a point or place at which something is invented or provided
  • his quirkily dysfunctional family proved to be a bottomless well of inspiration for the novelist

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2 a small often deep body of water
  • the spot where the spring bubbles up to the surface and forms a deep well

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well

noun

English Language Learners Definition of well

 (Entry 1 of 5)

: a deep hole made in the ground through which water can be removed

well

verb

English Language Learners Definition of well (Entry 2 of 5)

of a liquid : to rise to a surface and flow out

well

adverb

English Language Learners Definition of well (Entry 3 of 5)

: in a successful way
: in a skillful way
: in a good, proper, or positive way

well

interjection

English Language Learners Definition of well (Entry 4 of 5)

—used to show that you are unsure about something you are saying
—used to show that you accept something even though you are not happy about it
—used when you are trying to persuade someone or to make someone feel less upset, worried, etc.

well

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of well (Entry 5 of 5)

: in good health
: in a good or satisfactory state
formal : wise, sensible, or reasonable

well

adverb
\ ˈwel \
better\ ˈbe-​tər \; best\ ˈbest \

Kids Definition of well

 (Entry 1 of 5)

1 : in a skillful or expert manner
//He plays the guitar well.
2 : by as much as possible : completely
//We are well aware of the problem.
3 : in such a way as to be pleasing : as wanted
//Everything went well.
4 : without trouble
//We could well afford the cost.
5 : in a thorough manner
//Shake well before using.
6 : in a familiar manner
//I know them well.
7 : by quite a lot
//There was well over a million.
8 : so as to be right : in a satisfactory way
//Do your work well.
9 : in a complimentary or generous way
//They always speak well of you.
10 : with reason or courtesy
//I cannot well refuse.
as well
1 : in addition : also She has other hobbies as well.
2 : with the same result
//We might as well walk.

well

interjection

Kids Definition of well (Entry 2 of 5)

1 —used to express surprise or doubt
2 —used to begin a conversation or remark or to continue one that was interrupted

well

noun

Kids Definition of well (Entry 3 of 5)

1 : a hole made in the earth to reach a natural deposit (as of water, oil, or gas)
2 : a source of supply
//He was a well of news.
3 : something like a deep hole Voices echoed in the well of the great hall.

well

adjective

Kids Definition of well (Entry 4 of 5)

1 : being in a satisfactory or good state
//All is well.
2 : free or recovered from ill health : healthy
3 : fortunate sense 1
//It was well that we left.

well

verb
welled; welling

Kids Definition of well (Entry 5 of 5)

: to rise to the surface and flow out
//Tears welled up in her eyes.

well

adjective
\ ˈwel \

Medical Definition of well

1 : free or recovered from infirmity or disease : healthy
//a well person
2 : completely cured or healed
//the wound is nearly well