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Adjective well has 3 senses
- well - 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"
Antonyms: ill, afflicted, aguish, ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, under the weather, airsick, air sick, carsick, seasick, bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, infirm, sick-abed, bilious, liverish, livery, bronchitic, consumptive, convalescent, recovering, delirious, hallucinating, diabetic, dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous, dyspeptic, faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded, feverish, feverous, funny, gouty, laid low, stricken, menstruating, unwell, nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish, scrofulous, tubercular, tuberculous, unhealed, upset, green, laid up, sneezy, spastic
- good, well - 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"
Antonym: unfortunate (indirect, via fortunate)
- well - wise or advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be well to start early"
Antonyms: inadvisable, unadvisable (indirect, via advisable)
Adverbial well has 13 senses
- well, good - (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"
Antonyms: ill, badly, poorly
- well - 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"
- well, easily - 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"
- well - (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"
- well - 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"
- well - favorably; with approval; "their neighbors spoke well of them"; "he thought well of the book"
Antonyms: ill, badly
- well, considerably, substantially - 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"
- well, intimately - with great or especially intimate knowledge; "we knew them well"
- well - with prudence or propriety; "You would do well to say nothing more"; "could not well refuse"
- well - with skill or in a pleasing manner; "she dances well"; "he writes well"
Antonyms: badly
- well, advantageously - in a manner affording benefit or advantage; "she married well"; "The children were settled advantageously in Seattle"
Antonyms: badly, disadvantageously
- well, comfortably - in financial comfort; "They live well"; "she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died"
- well - without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor; "took the joke well"; "took the tragic news well"
Antonyms: badly
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