well

wise or advantageous and hence advisable

it would be well to start early

resulting favorably

it's a good thing that I wasn't there

it is good that you stayed

in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury

appears to be entirely well

the wound is nearly well

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')

the children behaved well

a task well done

without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor

took the joke well

took the tragic news well

indicating high probability; in all likelihood

I might well do it

a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster

a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine

an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps

an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid

an abundant source

she was a well of information

come up, as of a liquid

Tears well in her eyes

the currents well up