Thesaurus / well
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Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThe big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThe country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTBefore he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLOld Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThey ranged from moving trunks to cleaning cisterns, and, by grace of all of them, Sim was doing very well.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENNow first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSThe well-worn aphorism of the Frenchman, “History repeats itself,” was about to assert itself.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUAll our people were well mounted, and armed with rifles, pistols, and bowie-knives.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSHer eldest daughter married in America, and was well known as a modeller in wax in New York.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTWORDS RELATED TO WELL
- at once
- at the drop of a hat
- cheerfully
- eagerly
- easily
- facilely
- freely
- gladly
- hands down
- immediately
- in a jiffy
- in no time
- lightly
- no sweat
- nothing to it
- piece of cake
- promptly
- quick as a wink
- right away
- slick as whistle
- smoothly
- speedily
- straight away
- swimmingly
- unhesitatingly
- well
- willingly
- without delay
- without demur
- without difficulty
- without hesitation
- absolutely
- actually
- admittedly
- as a matter of fact
- assuredly
- authentically
- beyond doubt
- categorically
- certainly
- de facto
- easily
- for real
- genuinely
- honestly
- in actuality
- in effect
- in fact
- in point of fact
- in reality
- indeed
- indubitably
- legitimately
- literally
- no ifs ands or buts
- nothing else but
- of course
- positively
- precisely
- surely
- truly
- undoubtedly
- unmistakably
- unquestionably
- verily
- well
- able-bodied
- athletic
- boisterous
- booming
- brawny
- built
- concentrated
- fit
- fit as fiddle
- flourishing
- full-bodied
- hale
- hardy
- hearty
- hefty
- husky
- in fine fettle
- in good health
- in good shape
- in the pink
- live
- lusty
- muscular
- peppy
- potent
- powerful
- powerhouse
- prospering
- prosperous
- roaring
- robustious
- robustuous
- rough
- rugged
- sinewy
- snappy
- sound
- stout
- strapping
- sturdy
- thriving
- tiger
- tough
- vigorous
- vital
- well
- wicked
- zappy
- zippy
- basis
- bedrock
- beginnings
- bottom
- cause
- center
- crux
- derivation
- essence
- essentiality
- footing
- foundation
- fountain
- fountainhead
- fundamental
- germ
- ground
- groundwork
- heart
- inception
- infrastructure
- mainspring
- marrow
- motive
- nub
- nucleus
- occasion
- origin
- pith
- provenance
- provenience
- quick
- quintessence
- radicle
- radix
- reason
- rhizome
- rock bottom
- seat
- seed
- soul
- source
- starting point
- stem
- stuff
- substance
- substratum
- tuber
- underpinning
- well
- agent
- ancestor
- ancestry
- antecedent
- author
- base
- beginning
- causality
- causation
- connection
- creator
- derivation
- determinant
- egg
- element
- embryo
- fount
- fountain
- fountainhead
- generator
- germ
- horse's mouth
- impulse
- inception
- inducement
- influence
- inspiration
- mainspring
- mother
- motive
- nucleus
- occasion
- parent
- parentage
- principle
- producer
- progenitor
- provenance
- provenience
- root
- roots
- seed
- source
- spring
- stock
- well
- wellspring
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