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
Example Sentences
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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
“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
This much the Herald documented to a revolting fare-thee-well.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2018
Having played all-consuming paranoia to a fare-thee-well in the Off Broadway and film versions of Tracy Letts’s “Bug” and the movie “Take Shelter,” Mr. Shannon is allowed to be the sane man in “Grace.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2012
“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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