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all very well

adj

Definitions

  1. All right to a certain extent, but problematic beyond that, or for other people.

    • That's all very well, but how're we supposed to move 900 pounds of equipment out there, at all?
    • It’s all very well for you to laugh: you didn’t fall over.
    • Puttin' that eight ball in the side pocket is all very well, but it still don't explain what I'm doin' in this booby hatchery, or how I'm gettin' out.

  2. True, as far as it goes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for all very well. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA