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well
Part of speech: NounA spring or fountain; a shaft sunk in the earth to reach a supply of water or other liquid, such as oil; some thing like a well in shape.
Part of speech: VerbTo flow or pour forth as from a spring.
Part of speech: AdverbRightly; justly; suitably; favorably; fortunately; sufficiently; fully; as, well under way.
Part of speech: AdjectiveIn good condition or circumstances; fortunate; sound in body; healthy.
Usage examples "well":- So to the office, and there all the afternoon late doing business, and then home, and find my brother pretty well. - "Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright", Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke.
- Well, and what of it? - "The Purple Parasol", George Barr McCutcheon.
- Of course Yetta did not know what love means to a well man. - "Comrade Yetta", Albert Edwards.