pretty well

idiom

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

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While the winter of 2024-25 was generally cold and snowy, the peak holiday travel period itself was fairly quiet, and as such, airlines performed pretty well. Zach Wichter, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025 And the Chiefs instead returned unimaginative upgrades to a tailgating experience that fans have already figured out pretty well on their own. Sam McDowell 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025 And the relationship between Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau seems to be going pretty well so far. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Dec. 2025 Investor equity exposures have been high, sell-side 2026 index targets aggressively upbeat, the bull cases on AI and the economy pretty well saturated. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 Dec. 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 26 Dec. 2025.

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