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well and good

well and good adjective: basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.

Adjective

well and good (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.
    • Having 200,000 people on your mailing-list is all well and good, but how many of them actually read the mailings?
    Synonyms:
    all very well, dandy

well and good meaning in Tamil

well and good in Tamil

basically good
சரி தான் cari tāṉ

Synonyms of well and good

Questions about well and good

What does well and good mean?
Well and good means basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.
What is well and good in Tamil?
Well and good in Tamil is சரி தான் (cari tāṉ). See Well and good meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is well and good?
Well and good is an adjective.

Words near well and good in the dictionary

  1. welkt
  2. well
  3. well acquainted
  4. well actuallies
  5. well actually
  6. well and good
  7. well and truly
  8. well aware
  9. well aye
  10. well begun is half done
  11. well behaved

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