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but good en · ADV
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(Canada, US, idiomatic, not-comparable) To a high degree; very thoroughly; in a most definite manner.
Ryder rode beside her, pleased at her pleasure, knowing that he'd surprised her but good.
1992, Catherine Coulter, The Hellion Bride, →ISBN:Dr. Gerald Bortolazzo, or Doc, as he is known, has some story to tell about a horse, his new career as a horseman and how he, if he did not exactly cheat death, fooled it but good.
2011 August 16, Joe Drape, “Postcards From Saratoga Springs: There’s a Doctor in the Paddock”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Aug 2012:[T]he debate is a sublime mismatch: He's expected to whip this guy, but good.
2000 October 2, Jessica Reaves, Frank Pellegrini, “For Bush, It's an Expectations Game; For Gore, It's Learning From His (Few) Mistakes”, in Time:
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Synonyms
in spades