pretty well

idiom

informal
: not completely but mostly
I'm pretty well fed up with him.

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By anyone’s standards, Cambridge is already doing pretty well. Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Most of the data suggests that the U.S. economy is doing pretty well—employers added a surprising 254,000 jobs last month, while the unemployment rate fell slightly, to 4.1%. Alana Semuels, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024 Mostly Solid Digs The TV is pretty well stocked on the feature front, starting with audio that rises above the crowd. Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024 My Complications From Crohn’s The Humira was working pretty well my freshman year, but Crohn’s had another surprise in store. Jj Courtney, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pretty well 

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“Pretty well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretty%20well. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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