very well
idiom
1
somewhat old-fashioned
—used to say that one agrees with something
Very well, then. I'll see you tomorrow.
Oh, very well. Do as you please.
2
: reasonably or properly
I can't very well show up at the wedding uninvited.
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Questlove and editor Joshua L. Pearson visually annotate every major marker of Sly and the Family Stone’s brief, enormous career, which was very well documented.
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Correlating the removal of a platform’s fact-checking with benefits to creators such as lower likelihood of a shadow ban—as Lessin does—could very well be a false equivalency, given the algorithms determining content distribution have never been transparent in the first place.
—Cherie Brooke Luo, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Copland’s score was recorded, not very well, and blasted too loudly.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
But with only Saleh deep in the mix for another job (Jacksonville) and a lack of desire from ownership to interview top candidates in the league coaching cycle, time could very well be a factor that’s thrown out the window.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2025
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Correlating the removal of a platform’s fact-checking with benefits to creators such as lower likelihood of a shadow ban—as Lessin does—could very well be a false equivalency, given the algorithms determining content distribution have never been transparent in the first place.
—Cherie Brooke Luo, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Copland’s score was recorded, not very well, and blasted too loudly.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
But with only Saleh deep in the mix for another job (Jacksonville) and a lack of desire from ownership to interview top candidates in the league coaching cycle, time could very well be a factor that’s thrown out the window.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Very well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/very%20well. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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