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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I realized I was nervous and not filtering my words very well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Maybe some people are doing very well so they can afford a helicopter. Good for them,” added Patrick Bucquet, a software engineer in Mamaroneck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
"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
She knew very well that the Swanburne Academy was kept spit-spot; nary a shred of ivy was allowed to grow anywhere near the walls.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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