Meaning

5 senses
  1. In good health.

    I've been sick, but now I'm well.

    I've always been a healthy, fit woman, but right now I really don't feel very well.

    gesund, gut

    здоро́выйzdoróvyj

    здоро́вийzdoróvyj

    in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury

  2. Highly satisfactory

    Everything well with you?

  3. Good, content.

    “How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”

  4. (uncommon)Prudent; good; well-advised.

  5. (archaic)Good to eat; tasty, delicious.

Examples

12863 sentences
  1. That was well worth the trouble.

    То було цілком варто клопоту. — ChickenKiev

    deDas war die Mühe wirklich wert. — MUIRIEL

  2. I hope you are all well.

    Сподіваюся, у тебе все гаразд. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, у вас у всех всё хорошо. — marafon

    deIch hoffe, dass es euch allen gut geht. — MUIRIEL

  3. I hope you'll soon get well.

    Сподіваюсь, ти скоро одужаєш. — ascolto

    ruНадеюсь, ты скоро поправишься. — Hellerick

    deIch hoffe, es wird Ihnen bald besser gehen. — cburgmer

  4. This book sold well in Japan.

    Ця книжка добре продавалася в Японії. — deniko

    ruЭта книга хорошо продавалась в Японии. — al_ex_an_der

    deDieses Buch hat sich in Japan gut verkauft. — Kamil

  5. I hope you'll get well soon.

    Сподіваюсь, ти скоро одужаєш. — ascolto

    ruНадеюсь, ты скоро поправишься. — Hellerick

    deIch hoffe, es wird Ihnen bald besser gehen. — cburgmer

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in good health:
Русский
By meaning 1
in good health:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in good health:

Origin

From Middle English wel, wal, wol, wele, from Old English wel (“well, abundantly, very, ve

From Middle English wel, wal, wol, wele, from Old English wel (“well, abundantly, very, very easily, very much, fully, quite, nearly”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, *wala (“well”, literally “as wished, as desired”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“wish, desire”).

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Forms

better/weller, best/wellest
Comparativebetter / weller Lesson
Superlativebest / wellest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • resulting favorably:good

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • as well as
  • that as well
  • that very well
  • get along well
  • quite well
  • swim very well
  • fairly well
  • along well with
  • swim as well
  • well enough to
  • doing doing well
  • might as well

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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