pretty well

idiom

informal
: not completely but mostly
I'm pretty well fed up with him.

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You guys have pretty well done that on your own with a 50 percent divorce rate. Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025 Here’s a guy physically who seemed to be doing pretty well in the challenges. Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025 That one worked out pretty well, though! Jim Reineking, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025 The government’s functioning pretty well. Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pretty well

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“Pretty well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretty%20well. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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