WELL
ADJECTIVES
► ABOUT HALF feeling well; relatively happy → 1969 Amer. sl.
► AIGHT all right, satisfactory, good, fine; well, in good health or order → 1993 US colloq.
► BOBBISH well, in good health and spirits; lively, cheerful; often used with ‘pretty’ → 1730 Eng. dial. & sl.
► BONZER very well → 1960s Aust. sl.
► BULLYLIKE very well → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CANTY in good health, well → 1813 Sc.
► CAPITAL WELL exceedingly well → 1847 Eng. dial.
► DEFTLY well in health. hearty → 1834 Eng. dial.
► FAIRLY in good health, well → 1949 Amer. dial.
► FENDY healthy, well, in good condition → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FROBLY-MOBLY indifferently well → 1691 Eng. dial. obs.
► GAILY of a person: well, in good health or spirits → 1903 Amer. dial.
► HALE free from disease, healthy, in good health, well; recovered from disease → c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► KNUCKS-IN doing well → 1987 Trinidad & Tobago
► MIDDLE-WAY middling, pretty well → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MIDDLING-SHARP tolerably well → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MIDDLINISH in a fair state of health; moderately well; not very well, poorly → 1853 Eng. dial.
► NICELY well, very well; in good health → 1815 Amer. dial.
► QUICK of wells, springs, streams, or water: running, flowing → c1000
► QUIDS UP doing well → 1910s sl.
► TEARING wonderful, well → 19C Eng. dial.
► THRUFFISH thoroughly well → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UP THE THING well in health → 1897 Eng. dial.
ADVERBS
► BONNY prettily, finely, well → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BONZER excellently, admirably, extremely well → 1914 Aust. sl.
► BRAVELIES very well, finely, prosperously → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRAVELY very well, satisfactorily, prosperously → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRAWLIES well, finely → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRAWLINS well, finely → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRAWLY well, finely → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► DANDY well; satisfactorily → 1908
► DENTLY well, properly, suitably → 1900 Eng, dial. (Bk.)
► FAIR TREAT, A exceedingly well → 1911 Aust. & NZ sl.
► FAMOUSLY very well, splendidly; extremely, considerably → c1600 colloq.
► FELLENLY vigorously; effectively, extremely well → 1882 Sc.
► FEW very well, excellently → 1942 Amer. dial.
► FINELY well, excellently → 1852 Amer. dial.
► FLAMING WELL damned well → 1955 Aust. sl.
► FROM WHO LAID THE CHUNK very thoroughly, vigorously, or well; to an extreme degree → 1893 Amer. dial.
► FROM WHO LAID THE RAIL very thoroughly, vigorously, or well; to an extreme degree → 1881 Amer. dial.
► GAILIES tolerably, moderately or fairly well → 1742 Sc.
► GAILINS tolerably, moderately or fairly well → 1853 Sc.
► GAILY fairly, tolerably; pretty well → 1553 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HALA pretty well → 1837 Eng. dial.
► HALF TIDY pretty well → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HANDY well, properly → 1943 Amer. dial.
► JUICILY excellently, vigorously, well → 1916 sl.
► MATCHLY perfectly; well; mightily → 1691 Eng. dial. obs.
► MEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently → 1860 Eng. dial.
► MIDDLING fairly well, such as in health or success → L18
► NICELY very well → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► OK ► OKAY well, satisfactorily, all right → M19 sl.
► OUT THE ASS emphatically well; to a great degree → 1971 Amer. sl.
► QUEINTLY very well → 1750 Eng. dial.
► RARELY unusually or remarkably well; finely, splendidly, beautifully → 1590
► SINGULARLY excellently; admirably; particularly well → 1576 obs.
► TALLY in a seemly manner; becomingly, elegantly; fairly, well; bravely → c1350 obs.
► TARBLISH pretty well → 1825 Eng. dial.
► TICKETY-BOO very well, splendidly → World War II British armed forces usage
► TO A CAT’S WHISKER to a T, very well, exactly → 1967 Amer. dial.
► WALLY finely, excellently, splendidly, well → 1790 Sc.
► YARE well, thoroughly; certainly, plainly, without doubt → a900 obs.
► YERNE thoroughly, well → c1000 obs.
NOUNS
► QUART health; healthy or sound condition; the state of being alive and well → a1300 obs.
PHRASES
► ATWEESH AND ATWEEN only indifferently well in respect of health → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► EVERYTHING’S DRAWING everything is going well → 1916 Amer. dial.
► EVERYTHING’S HOTSY-TOTSY all is well → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOOSE HANGS HIGH, THE everything is in fine order; all is well → 1862 Amer. dial.
► THAT’S MY BOY you have done very well; I’m proud of you → 1930s US sl.
► THAT’S MY GIRL you have done very well; I’m proud of you → 1930s US sl.
VERBS
► BLOW A RARE CHECK to look well → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLOW ONE’S TOP to do something exceedingly well, esp. to play a musical passage with skill and enthusiasm → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► DO A GRAND to do well → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► HIT ON ALL SIX to do well; to do all that one is capable of doing → 1920 US sl.
► PULL IT OFF WITH COOL to do something well and with a casual air → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► QUIFF to come up with a cunning dodge or trick; to go or do well, to get along pleasantly → L19 sl.
► TCB to perform very well what one needs to do (Take Care of Business) → 1970s African-American sl.
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