good vs well
Definitions
noun
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- benefit
- articles of commerce
- moral excellence or admirableness
adverb
- completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
- (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')
adjective
- not left to spoil
- of moral excellence
- having the normally expected amount
- having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- generally admired
Examples
It's good to have a cry sometimes.
Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
This is not good for anybody, except for a few curmudgeons and people who are embittered by nothing more than their own embitteredness.
Definitions
adjective
- wise or advantageous and hence advisable
- resulting favorably
- in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
adverb
- (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
- without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
- with skill or in a pleasing manner
- favorably; with approval
- thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
noun
- an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
- a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- an abundant source
- 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
verb
- come up, as of a liquid
Examples
He was a cute little beggar, looked like you as well.
He hoped the roots would harbor the fungi and spread them throughout the compost, but the fungi didn't spread well enough.
Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
