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Well off
(gcide) | Well \Well\, adv. [Compar. and superl. wanting, the deficiency
being supplied by better and best, from another root.] [OE.
wel, AS. wel; akin to OS., OFries., & D. wel, G. wohl, OHG.
wola, wela, Icel. & Dan. vel, Sw. v[aum]l, Goth. wa['i]la;
originally meaning, according to one's will or wish. See
Will, v. t., and cf. Wealth.]
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1. In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or
wickedly.
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If thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
--Gen. iv. 7.
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2. Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a
proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully;
adequately; thoroughly.
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Lot . . . beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it
was well watered everywhere. --Gen. xiii.
10.
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WE are wellable to overcome it. --Num. xiii.
30.
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She looketh well to the ways of her household.
--Prov. xxxi.
27.
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Servant of God, well done! well hast thou fought
The better fight. --Milton.
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3. Fully or about; -- used with numbers. [Obs.] "Well a ten
or twelve." --Chaucer.
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Well nine and twenty in a company. --Chaucer.
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4. In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish;
satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.
"It boded well to you." --Dryden.
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Know
In measure what the mind may well contain. --Milton.
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All the world speaks well of you. --Pope.
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5. Considerably; not a little; far.
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Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age.
--Gen. xviii.
11.
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Note: Well is sometimes used elliptically for it is well, as
an expression of satisfaction with what has been said
or done, and sometimes it expresses concession, or is
merely expletive; as, well, the work is done; well, let
us go; well, well, be it so.
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Note: Well, like above, ill, and so, is used before many
participial adjectives in its usual adverbial senses,
and subject to the same custom with regard to the use
of the hyphen (see the Note under Ill, adv.); as, a
well-affected supporter; he was well affected toward
the project; a well-trained speaker; he was well
trained in speaking; well-educated, or well educated;
well-dressed, or well dressed; well-appearing;
well-behaved; well-controlled; well-designed;
well-directed; well-formed; well-meant; well-minded;
well-ordered; well-performed; well-pleased;
well-pleasing; well-seasoned; well-steered;
well-tasted; well-told, etc. Such compound epithets
usually have an obvious meaning, and since they may be
formed at will, only a few of this class are given in
the Vocabulary.
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As well. See under As.
As well as, and also; together with; not less than; one as
much as the other; as, a sickness long, as well as severe;
London is the largest city in England, as well as the
capital.
Well enough, well or good in a moderate degree; so as to
give satisfaction, or so as to require no alteration.
Well off, in good condition; especially, in good condition
as to property or any advantages; thriving; prosperous.
Well to do, well off; prosperous; -- used also adjectively.
"The class well to do in the world." --J. H. Newman.
Well to live, in easy circumstances; well off; well to do.
--Shak.
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To be well off
(gcide) | Off \Off\ ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R.
of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See Of.]
In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
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1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile
off.
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2. Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation;
as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off,
to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to
fly off, and the like.
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3. Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement,
interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the
pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
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4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away;
as, to look off.
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5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.]
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The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either
off or on. --Bp.
Sanderson.
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From off, off from; off. "A live coal . . . taken with the
tongs from off the altar." --Is. vi. 6.
Off and on.
(a) Not constantly; not regularly; now and then;
occasionally.
(b) (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away
from, the land.
To be off.
(a) To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a
moment's warning.
(b) To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the
bet was declared to be off. [Colloq.]
To come off, To cut off, To fall off, To go off, etc.
See under Come, Cut, Fall, Go, etc.
To get off.
(a) To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke.
(b) To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a
trial. [Colloq.]
To take off To do a take-off on, To take off, to mimic,
lampoon, or impersonate.
To tell off
(a) (Mil.), to divide and practice a regiment or company
in the several formations, preparatory to marching to
the general parade for field exercises. --Farrow.
(b) to rebuke (a person) for an improper action; to scold;
to reprimand.
To be well off, to be in good condition.
To be ill off, To be badly off, to be in poor condition.
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