pretty well

idiom

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

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But save for that recent losing streak, their general relentlessness and adherence to winning on the margins has worked pretty well. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025 Then there’s the fact that both Siwa and Hughes are super public in their daily lives on social media, and both know pretty well how to play the publicity game. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 May 2025 Too many of their home games feel like Monday night when the Rays play pretty well but fail to come up with a big hit at a big moment. John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025 The point of the paper, according to one author, is to illustrate that a simple 60/40 portfolio performs pretty well. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 14 May 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 6 Jun. 2025.

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