Definitions

but good

ADVERB

highly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

decidedly deeply eminently exceedingly exceptionally extraordinarily extremely greatly hugely immensely profoundly really remarkably so strikingly supremely terribly tremendously vastly very much

WEAK

awful awfully bloody mighty mucho notably parlous plenty powerful real right so much surpassingly terrifically too much

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little unremarkably

Example Sentences

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That’s bad news for hungry shoppers, but good news for the country’s e-commerce giants.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

He has seen One Battle After Another, and said he "was not expecting it to start the way it did", describing it as "weird" but good.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Making something sweet from what you already have—something a little indulgent, a little unnecessary, and very much yours—can be the thing that makes the whole week feel not just manageable, but good.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

Not huge softball-size hail, but good enough to have you running for cover.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

He smelled not slime and corruption, but good, clean air scented by creosote.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

but good

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