very well
idiom
1
somewhat old-fashioned
—used to say that one agrees with something
Very well, then. I'll see you tomorrow.
Oh, very well. Do as you please.
2
: reasonably or properly
I can't very well show up at the wedding uninvited.
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Twenty days behind bars, and not long before France may very well have a far-right head of state for the first time in nearly a century.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Chase Infiniti became very well acquainted with Leonardo DiCaprio's face in one of their first meetings for One Battle After Another.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
This could very well kick off a similar wave.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
The Dodgers were running out of pitching options in Game 7, and had Yamamoto not stepped up, Toronto could have very well taken home the Commissioner's Trophy.
—Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Chase Infiniti became very well acquainted with Leonardo DiCaprio's face in one of their first meetings for One Battle After Another.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
This could very well kick off a similar wave.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
The Dodgers were running out of pitching options in Game 7, and had Yamamoto not stepped up, Toronto could have very well taken home the Commissioner's Trophy.
—Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Very well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/very%20well. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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