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Commonwell
The correct spelling is well.
How to pronounce well
/wɛl/
adjectiveIPA: /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.In good health.
- 2.Good, content.
- 3.Prudent; good; well-advised.
adverb
- 1.(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
- 2.(manner) Completely, fully.
- 3.(degree) To a significant degree.
- 4.(degree) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
- 5.In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
interjection
- 1.Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
- 2.An exclamation of surprise (often doubled or tripled).
- 3.An exclamation of indignance.
- 4.Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
- 5.Used in speech to fill gaps, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question; filled pause.
noun
- 1.A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
- 2.A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
- 3.A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
- 4.A source of supply.
- 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.To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
- 2.To have something seep out of the surface.
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