fare-thee-well
Americannoun
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a state of perfection.
The meal was done to a fare-thee-well.
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the maximum effect; fullest measure or extent.
an actress who plays each scene to a fare-thee-well.
noun
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He is not sitting at a workbench but at a mahogany table polished to a fare-thee-well and reflecting the sitter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The former is a lovely sentiment, and the latter is disrespectful of their clear boundaries and guilt-trippy to a fare-thee-well, and awareness can make all the difference.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023
“Quite frankly, I don’t blame him. At this point, he screwed up Friday to a fare-thee-well, from pen to post, he did that wrong in every way possible,” Stirewalt said.
From Fox News ● Feb. 5, 2019
There was no extended bow or teary fare-thee-well speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2018
“The Nobody Owens I knew wouldn’t’ve run off from the graveyard without saying so much as a fare-thee-well to those who cared for him. You’ll break Mistress Owens’s heart.”
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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