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pretty well en · ADV
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Synonym of pretty much (“almost completely; very nearly; nearly completely”).
Well, Mike, if she's got nothing to say, this pretty well ends it here.
2015, Gennifer Hutchison, “Bingo” (4:11 from the start), in Better Call Saul, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Detective Greg Sanders (Barry Shabaka Henley):That scene earlier pretty well destroyed my chances of getting the job.
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(not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pretty, well.
She plays the piano pretty well, having studied for six years.
Synonyms
pretty much