pretty well

idiom

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

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Grande, who is a serious contender going into Awards season due to the movie’s critical reception—not to mention Wicked is doing pretty well at the box office too, having already become the highest-grossing movie based on a Broadway musical—has continued to promote the movie even after its release. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 6 Dec. 2024 Take it from someone who was 15 years old at the end of the ’90s, with the Family Values ticket stub to prove it: Y2K, the new horror-comedy from Saturday Night Live alum Kyle Mooney, operates pretty well as a window into the culture of the Windows 98 generation. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024 It’s done pretty well commercially but has yet to make its presence felt with awards voters. Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 Woman Who Used Gorilla Glue in Her Hair Says Her Surgeon Is a 'Miracle Worker' The toddler was keeping it together pretty well, considering the situation. Angela Andaloro, People.com, 2 Dec. 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 21 Dec. 2024.

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