2010年8月13日 · definition 1: having qualities that are desired, enjoyed, or beneficial; desirable. synonyms: beneficial, desirable, positive, well. Other dictionaries give something similar. "Good" is a broad term meaning what is desirable, well, healthy, positive, etc. To the question "how are you?" the following are all fine and grammatical: I'm well. I'm ...

2014年9月21日 · It has a section (13) of the definition of do dedicated solely to do well (along with similar adverbs like badly, alright, quite nicely), meaning that they think it's a special case. It also says that people have been saying do well since 1400 (‘We sal’, he said, ‘do nu ful wele’). It sounded acceptable long before prescriptive ...

2013年8月10日 · 'well' at the beginning of a spoken statement ( answers Or Questions) simply means that the respondent either have a LONG but well planned / well thought point wise answer to the question asked OR the question posed to the respondent is such that requires a recollection of memories i.e. thinking & then replying ( but short answer).

I am very well, thanks. How are you? I am very well, thanks, and hope you are as well. I am very well, thanks. I hope it is the same with you too. (Ignore it completely, perhaps in spite of the tone of voice.) I guess it depends on the relationship with the person, but I would like to answer in all politeness in everyday emails with colleagues ...

However good is so often used as a synonym for well in vernacular English that dictionaries may mention its nonstandard equivilance. To answer your first question, it's usually preferred to say "I am well" in formal English because it specificially means "I am in good health" whereas "I am good" doesn't have that specific association.

2017年9月17日 · There is no generally observed rule that I am aware of forbidding the use of a hyphen after other kinds of adverbs, such as well, quick, hard. There are many phrases starting with "well" that are commonly hyphenated, mostly ending in participles or departicipial adjectives, like well-read and the other example West mentions, well-known.

2019年8月13日 · I think driven seems to fit well. Driven - (of a person) relentlessly compelled by the need to accomplish a goal; very hard-working and ambitious. Especially when talking about personalities driven often refers to the need to accomplish something; anything at all.

2021年1月25日 · The blue line is "what do we have here", and the others are co-incident "[[well] well] well what do we have here": The map on the page shows the interest in the phrase is predominantly from the USA. I expect May 2009 seems to be when this motivational poster spoof spread around the internet:

2011年3月15日 · You could also say it this way: "how do you do" back has been replaced with an equally meaningless reply. It is just an exterior change of convention; etiquette demands that you give only one answer when asked about your well-being in somewhat formal situations: you are doing well, thank you.

2012年8月2日 · So, you have problems A and B, and you need to do C as well. Is this understanding correct? There's nothing wrong with that. You could alter the question slightly: Is my understanding correct? Have I got that right? Is there anything else? If you want to find out whether they have understood, you might need to be a little more tangential. For ...