well
well
wɛl
vel
/wɛl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "well"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ­āĻžāϞ, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a way that is right or satisfactory
well definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The machine is functioning well after the repairs.
āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a way that leaves nothing undone or unresolved
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āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ, āĻ­āĻžāϞ

quite likely to happen or be true
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She could well be the best candidate for the job.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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used to emphasize something

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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm well tired after that walk.
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇

favorably; with approval
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ, āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇

to a significant extent
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was well beyond the time to go home.
āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ

with great or especially intimate knowledge
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ

without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ, āφāϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡

in financial comfort
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ

in a manner affording benefit or advantage
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

with skill or in a pleasing manner
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āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻĨāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

with prudence or propriety
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āϕ⧂āĻĒ, āĻ–āύāύ

a deep hole dug in the ground to get access to the resources beneath, such as water, oil, etc.
well definition and meaning
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āϕ⧂āĻĒ, āϜāϞāĻžāϧāĻžāϰ

a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
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āϕ⧂āĻĒ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—

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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āϕ⧂āĻĒ, āϏāĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž

an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
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āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ, āϕ⧂āĻĒ

an abundant source
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āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ, āĻ­āĻžāϞ

having good health, especially after recovering from an illness or injury
well definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He felt well enough to return to work after a week of rest and recuperation.
āĻāĻ• āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀, āϞāĻžāĻ­āϜāύāĻ•

wise or advantageous and hence advisable
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ, āĻ…āύ⧁āϕ⧂āϞ

resulting favorably
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āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āĻ“āĻ āĻž

come up, as of a liquid
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āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž, āĻ­āĻžāϞ

said to express agreement to something, usually reluctantly
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āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž, āĻ­āĻžāϞ

used to express contemplation, or fill the gaps in communciation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Well, I'm not entirely convinced by your argument.
āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ āύāχāĨ¤
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