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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"These girl athletes are doing very well too," says Lamboria.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
If Washington "tries to force normalization on Riyadh, it's not likely to work out very well", said H.A.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
So far this year, the largest U.S. defense contractors as a group haven’t performed very well.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
At the time, that may very well have been true; in some ways, it still is.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The bricks had been cleaned very well, and through the wide and open windows one could see an assortment of well-groomed plants.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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