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well enough
還好,還可以;很,相當
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Well
,
adv.
[
Compar.
and
superl.
wanting
,
the
deficiency
being
supplied
by
better
and
best
,
from
another
root
.]
1.
In
a
good
or
proper
manner
;
justly
;
rightly
;
not
ill
or
wickedly
.
If
thou
doest
not
well
,
sin
lieth
at
the
door
.
--
Gen
.
iv
. 7.
2.
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
.
--
Gen
.
xiii
. 10.
WE
are
well
able
to
overcome
it
.
--
Num
.
xiii
. 30.
She
looketh
well
to
the
ways
of
her
household
.
--
Prov
.
xxxi
. 27.
Servant
of
God
,
well
done
!
well
hast
thou
fought
The
better
fight
. --
Milton
.
3.
Fully
or
about
; --
used
with
numbers
. [
Obs
.]
“
Well
a
ten
or
twelve.”
Well
nine
and
twenty
in
a
company
.
--
Chaucer
.
4.
In
such
manner
as
is
desirable
;
so
as
one
could
wish
;
satisfactorily
;
favorably
;
advantageously
;
conveniently
.
“It
boded
well
to
you.”
Know
In
measure
what
the
mind
may
well
contain
. --
Milton
.
All
the
world
speaks
well
of
you
.
--
Pope
.
5.
Considerably
;
not
a
little
;
far
.
Abraham
and
Sarah
were
old
and
well
stricken
in
age
.
--
Gen
.
xviii
. 11.
Note:
☞
Well
is
sometimes
used
elliptically
for
it
is
well
,
as
an
expression
of
satisfaction
with
what
has
been
said
or
done
,
and
sometimes
it
expresses
concession
,
or
is
merely
expletive
;
as
,
well
,
the
work
is
done
;
well
,
let
us
go
;
well
,
well
,
be
it
so
.
Note:
☞
Well
,
like
above
,
ill
,
and
so
,
is
used
before
many
participial
adjectives
in
its
usual
adverbial
senses
,
and
subject
to
the
same
custom
with
regard
to
the
use
of
the
hyphen
(
see
the
Note
under
Ill
,
adv.
);
as
,
a
well
-affected
supporter
;
he
was
well
affected
toward
the
project
;
a
well
-trained
speaker
;
he
was
well
trained
in
speaking
;
well
-educated,
or
well
educated
;
well
-dressed,
or
well
dressed
;
well
-appearing;
well
-behaved;
well
-controlled;
well
-designed;
well
-directed;
well
-formed;
well
-meant;
well
-minded;
well
-ordered;
well
-performed;
well
-pleased;
well
-pleasing;
well
-seasoned;
well
-steered;
well
-tasted;
well
-told,
etc
.
Such
compound
epithets
usually
have
an
obvious
meaning
,
and
since
they
may
be
formed
at
will
,
only
a
few
of
this
class
are
given
in
the
Vocabulary
.
As well
.
See
under
As
.
As well as
,
and
also
;
together
with
;
not
less
than
;
one
as
much
as
the
other
;
as
,
a
sickness
long
,
as well as
severe
;
London
is
the
largest
city
in
England
,
as well as
the
capital
.
Well enough
,
well
or
good
in
a
moderate
degree
;
so
as
to
give
satisfaction
,
or
so
as
to
require
no
alteration
.
Well off
,
in
good
condition
;
especially
,
in
good
condition
as
to
property
or
any
advantages
;
thriving
;
prosperous
.
Well to do
,
well
off
;
prosperous
; --
used
also
adjectively
.
“The
class
well
to
do
in
the
world.”
--
J
.
H
.
Newman
.
Well to live
,
in
easy
circumstances
;
well
off
;
well
to
do
. --
Shak
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
well
enough
adv
:
in
a
tolerable
manner
; "
she
did
it
well
enough
" [
syn
:
tolerably
,
to a tolerable degree
,
to an adequate degree
]
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