pretty well

idiom

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

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This is not a residency that intends to try to reinvent a wheel that the U2 and Dead runs already pretty well reinvented. Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025 Got to know those guys pretty well. Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025 Did pretty well last season even as Southampton finished last in the Premier League with just 12 points, but still, this really is a lot of money. Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025 The markets are pretty well convinced. George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 28 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 14 Sep. 2025.

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