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The correct spelling is well.

How to pronounce well

/wɛl/
adjective

IPA: /wɛl/

Say it like: Wel-l

The correct spelling is well. In good health. For example: "I had been sick, but now I'm well."

Usage Examples

I had been sick, but now I'm well.

“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”

He does his job well.

Meanings

adjective

  1. 1.In good health.
  2. 2.Good, content.
  3. 3.Prudent; good; well-advised.

adverb

  1. 1.(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
  2. 2.(manner) Completely, fully.
  3. 3.(degree) To a significant degree.
  4. 4.(degree) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
  5. 5.In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.

interjection

  1. 1.Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
  2. 2.An exclamation of surprise (often doubled or tripled).
  3. 3.An exclamation of indignance.
  4. 4.Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
  5. 5.Used in speech to fill gaps, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question; filled pause.

noun

  1. 1.A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
  2. 2.A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
  3. 3.A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
  4. 4.A source of supply.
  5. 5.A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.

verb

  1. 1.To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
  2. 2.To have something seep out of the surface.

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