Meaning

2 senses

  1. (not comparable)Very.

  2. (Ireland, UK, dialectal, not comparable, obsolete)Almost; nearly.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Come on, give it some welly!

    deLos, strengt euch mal an! — manese

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  2. They should have wellies.

    deSie sollten Gummistiefel haben. — Hans07

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  3. Wellies are sometimes necessary.

    deGummistiefel sind manchmal wichtig. — Hans07

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Origin

From welne, a dialectal variant of well-nigh.

From welne, a dialectal variant of well-nigh.

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Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wellA1wellnesswelshwelt

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