very well
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Exceedingly healthy, as in How are you?—Very well, thank you .
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Extremely skillfully or properly, as in He manages that sailboat very well .
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All right, I agree to, as in Will you take her hand?—Very well, but only to cross the street . Also see all very well .
Example Sentences
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“So I’m very well prepared for this fight.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
"These traits indicate that, despite being a primitive animal, it was already very well adapted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle," concludes Castillo-Visa.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Now, the market has tilted more toward mortgages at rates that very well could refinance at realistically lower rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"I know very well it's likely to be extremely close," admitted Camila Salazar Atias, a 54-year-old criminologist whose work focuses on Sweden's organised crime networks and their grip on society.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
One of the chromosomes wasn’t sticking to the Velcro very well, so it drooped a little.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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