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pretty well

pretty well adverb: synonym of pretty much (“almost completely; very nearly; nearly completely”).

Adverb

pretty well (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of pretty much (“almost completely; very nearly; nearly completely”).
    • That scene earlier pretty well destroyed my chances of getting the job.
    • Well, Mike, if she's got nothing to say, this pretty well ends it here.2015, Gennifer Hutchison, “Bingo” (4:11 from the start), in Better Call Saul, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Detective Greg Sanders (Barry Shabaka Henley)
    Synonyms:
    pretty much
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pretty, well.
    • She plays the piano pretty well, having studied for six years.

Synonyms of pretty well

Questions about pretty well

What does pretty well mean?
Pretty well means synonym of pretty much (“almost completely; very nearly; nearly completely”).
What part of speech is pretty well?
Pretty well is an adverb.

Words near pretty well in the dictionary

  1. pretty police
  2. pretty Polly
  3. pretty privilege
  4. pretty privileged
  5. pretty up
  6. pretty well
  7. Pretty Woman syndrome
  8. pretty-by-night
  9. pretty-face wallabies
  10. pretty-face wallaby
  11. pretty-faced wallabies

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