pretty well

idiom

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

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The company is doing pretty well, to the tune of $101 billion in profit for the fiscal year that ended on June 30. Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 John and Quiet do pretty well at the start, as does Dollface. Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025 When Trump won the election last fall, the U.S. economy was doing pretty well. Michel Martin, NPR, 4 Aug. 2025 Despite never winning a major, Young has fared pretty well at major tournaments in his career, finishing seventh at the 2023 Masters, third at the 2022 PGA Championship, fourth at the 2025 U.S. Open, and second at the 2022 Open Championship. Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 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 22 Aug. 2025.

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