pretty well

idiom

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

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That year an honorary degree was conferred on Jacques Derrida, and when somebody described him as the exponent of deconstruction theory, Brown relates, Prince Philip was overheard muttering that his own family seemed to be deconstructing pretty well. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 This week starts pretty well, getting back on track with this kind of win. Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025 Her work has shown, for example, that bleach works pretty well at disinfecting feline virus in the lab, and that the same is true for a mouse norovirus that is often used in these experiments. Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025 Meanwhile, sailfish and sea trout usually bite pretty well immediately after a cold front. Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 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 23 Jan. 2025.

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