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Sick vs. Well

Difference Between Sick and Well

Sick

affected by physical or mental illness
visiting the sick and the elderly
nursing very sick children
half my staff were off sick
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Well

A deep hole or shaft sunk into the earth to obtain water, oil, gas, or brine.
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Sick

feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit
Mark felt sick with fear
he was starting to feel sick
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A container or reservoir for a liquid, such as ink.
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Sick

intensely annoyed with or bored by (someone or something) as a result of having had too much of them
I'm absolutely sick of your moods
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A place where water issues from the earth; a spring or fountain.
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Sick

(especially of humour) having something unpleasant such as death or misfortune as its subject and dealing with it in an offensive way
this was someone's idea of a sick joke
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Well

A mineral spring.
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excellent.
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wells A watering place; a spa.
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vomit
she was busy wiping sick from the carpet
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An abundant source
a well of information.
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Sick

bring something up by vomiting
she sicked up all over the carpet
he was passing blood and sicking it up
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Well

An open space extending vertically through the floors of a building, as for stairs or ventilation.
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set a dog on
the plan was to surprise the heck out of the grizzly by sicking the dog on him
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An enclosure in a ship's hold for the pumps.
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Sick

Suffering from or affected with a physical illness; ailing.
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Well

A compartment or recessed area in a ship, used for stowage
an anchor well.
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Sick

Of or for sick persons
sick wards.
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A part of a ship's weather deck enclosed between two watertight bulkheads.
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Sick

Nauseated.
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A cistern with a perforated bottom in the hold of a fishing vessel for keeping fish alive.
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Sick

Mentally ill or disturbed.
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An enclosed space for receiving and holding something, such as the wheels of an airplane when retracted.
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Sick

Unwholesome, morbid, or sadistic
a sick joke.
a sick crime.
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Chiefly British The central space in a law court, directly in front of the judge's bench, where the counsel or solicitor sits.
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Sick

Defective; unsound
a sick economy.
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Well

To rise to the surface, ready to flow
Tears welled in my eyes.
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Sick

Deeply distressed; upset
sick with worry.
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To rise or surge from an inner source
Anger welled up in me.
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Sick

Disgusted; revolted.
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To pour forth.
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Weary; tired
sick of it all.
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In a good or proper manner
behaved well.
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Sick

Pining; longing
sick for his native land.
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Skillfully or proficiently
dances well.
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Sick

In need of repairs
a sick ship.
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Satisfactorily or sufficiently
slept well.
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Sick

Constituting an unhealthy environment for those working or residing within
a sick office building.
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Successfully or effectively
gets along well with people.
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Sick

Unable to produce a profitable yield of crops
sick soil.
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In a comfortable or affluent manner
lived well.
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Sick

(Slang) Excellent; outstanding
did a sick run down the halfpipe.
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Well

In a manner affording benefit or gain; advantageously
married well.
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Sick

Sick people considered as a group. Often used with the.
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Well

With reason or propriety; reasonably
can't very well say no.
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Sick

Chiefly British Vomit.
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In all likelihood; indeed
You may well need your umbrella.
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Variant of sic2.
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In a prudent or sensible manner
You would do well to say nothing more.
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Sick

In poor health; ill.
She was sick all day with the flu.
We have to care for the sick.
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In a close or familiar manner
knew them well.
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Sick

Having an urge to vomit.
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Well

In a favorable or approving manner
spoke well of them.
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Sick

(colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
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Thoroughly; completely
well cooked.
cooked well.
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Sick

(colloquial) In bad taste.
That's a sick joke.
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Well

Perfectly; clearly
I well understand your intentions.
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Sick

Tired of or annoyed by something.
I've heard that song on the radio so many times that I'm starting to get sick of it.
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Well

To a suitable or appropriate degree
This product will answer your needs equally well.
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Sick

(slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
This tune is sick.
Dude, this car's got a sick subwoofer!
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Well

To a considerable extent or degree
well over the estimate.
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Sick

In poor condition.
sick building syndrome; my car is looking pretty sick; my job prospects are pretty sick
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Well

With care or attention
listened well.
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Sick

(agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.
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Entirely; fully
well worth seeing.
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Sick

Vomit.
He lay there in a pool of his own sick.
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In a satisfactory condition; right or proper
All is well.
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Sick

(especially in the phrases on the sick and on long-term sick) Any of various current or former benefits or allowances paid by the Government to support the sick, disabled or incapacitated.
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Well

Not ailing, infirm, or diseased; healthy.
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Sick

(colloquial) To vomit.
I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.
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Well

Cured or healed, as a wound.
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Sick

To fall sick; to sicken.
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Well

Of or characterized by the maintenance of good health practices. Often used in combination
a well-baby clinic.
a well-child visit to the doctor.
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Sick

(rare) sic
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Advisable; prudent
It would be well not to ask.
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Sick

Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.
Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever.
Behold them that are sick with famine.
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Well

Fortunate; good
It is well that you stayed.
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Sick

Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.
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Used to introduce a remark, resume a narrative, or fill a pause during conversation.
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Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; - with of; as, to be sick of flattery.
He was not so sick of his master as of his work.
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Used to express surprise.
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Sick

Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.
So great is his antipathy against episcopacy, that, if a seraphim himself should be a bishop, he would either find or make some sick feathers in his wings.
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Well

(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
He does his job well.
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Sick

Sickness.
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(manner) Completely, fully.
a well done steak
We’re well beat now.
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Sick

To fall sick; to sicken.
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(degree) To a significant degree.
That author is well known.
A monument well worth seeing
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Sick

people who are sick;
they devote their lives to caring for the sick
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Well

Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
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Sick

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;
After drinking too much, the students vomited
He purged continuously
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
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Sick

not in good physical or mental health;
ill from the monotony of his suffering
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Well

In good health.
I had been sick, but now I'm well.
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Sick

feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
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Well

(hypercorrect) Good, content.
“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”
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Sick

affected with madness or insanity;
a man who had gone mad
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Well

(uncommon) Prudent; good; well-advised.
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Sick

having a strong distaste from surfeit;
grew more and more disgusted
fed up with their complaints
sick of it all
sick to death of flattery
gossip that makes one sick
tired of the noise and smoke
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Well

Good to eat; tasty, delicious.
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Well

(Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting
Well lads. How's things?
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A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
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A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
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A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk.
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(figurative) A source of supply.
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(nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
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(nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
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(nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
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(nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
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(military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
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(architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
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The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
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(metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
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A well drink.
They're having a special tonight: $1 wells.
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(video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
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(biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
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(intransitive) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
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(intransitive) To have something seep out of the surface.
Her eyes welled with tears.
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An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well.
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A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in.
The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
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A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
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Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring.
Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled.
A well of serious thought and pure.
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An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection.
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A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
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An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
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The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
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To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
From his two springs in Gojam's sunny realm,Pure welling out, he through the lucid lakeOf fair Dambea rolls his infant streams.
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To pour forth, as from a well.
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In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly.
If thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
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Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly.
Lot . . . beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere.
WE are wellable to overcome it.
She looketh well to the ways of her household.
Servant of God, well done! well hast thou foughtThe better fight.
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Fully or about; - used with numbers.
Well nine and twenty in a company.
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In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.
KnowIn measure what the mind may well contain.
All the world speaks well of you.
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Considerably; not a little; far.
Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age.
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Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered.
It was well with us in Egypt.
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Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well.
Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake?
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Being in favor; favored; fortunate.
He followed the fortunes of that family, and was well with Henry the Fourth.
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Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place.
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a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
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a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
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an abundant source;
she was a well of information
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an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
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an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
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come up;
Tears well in her eyes
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in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury;
appears to be entirely well
the wound is nearly well
a well man
I think I'm well; at least I feel well
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resulting favorably;
its a good thing that I wasn't there
it is good that you stayed
it is well that no one saw you
all's well that ends well
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wise or advantageous and hence advisable;
it would be well to start early
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(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well');
the children behaved well
a task well done
the party went well
he slept well
a well-argued thesis
a well-planned party
the baby can walk pretty good
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thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form;
The problem is well understood
she was well informed
shake well before using
in order to avoid food poisoning be sure the meat is well cooked
well-done beef
well-satisfied customers
well-educated
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indicating high probability; in all likelihood;
I might well do it
a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster
you may well need your umbrella
he could equally well be trying to deceive us
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(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully;
a book well worth reading
was well aware of the difficulties ahead
suspected only too well what might be going on
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to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree;
the project was well underway
the fetus has well developed organs
his father was well pleased with his grades
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favorably; with approval;
their neighbors spoke well of them
he thought well of the book
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to a great extent or degree;
I'm afraid the film was well over budget
painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger
the house has fallen considerably in value
the price went up substantially
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with great or especially intimate knowledge;
we knew them well
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with prudence or propriety;
You would do well to say nothing more
could not well refuse
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with skill or in a pleasing manner;
she dances well
he writes well
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in a manner affording benefit or advantage;
she married well
The children were settled advantageously in Seattle
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in financial comfort;
They live well
she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died
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without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor;
took the joke well
took the tragic news well
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