pretty well

idiom

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

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The Jeff Bezos and Mackenzie Scott drama is pretty well known. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2025 The Dolphins played pretty well Sunday, for them. Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025 Haight played pretty well in his first game, logging 10 minutes, 27 seconds as the center on the fourth line. Joe Smith, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 Sanders seems to be taking the news pretty well. Jon Conahan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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 21 Oct. 2025.

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