Well vs Right - What's the difference?
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(lb) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
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(lb) To a significant degree.
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Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
* 1999 , "Drummond Pearson", What Ash are doing right now...'' (on Internet newsgroup ''alt.music.ash )
* 2002 , "jibaili", FIFA 2003 How is it?'' (on Internet newsgroup ''microsoft.public.xbox )
* 2003 , Steve Eddy, Empower, Book 2
In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
In good health.
(archaic) Prudent; good; well-advised.
* 1897 , National Association of Railway Surgeons, Railway surgeon , page 191:
Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
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, title= An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled.
Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
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, passage=“Well ,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.}}
Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause.
A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
* Bible, John iv. 11
A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
* Milton
A small depression suitable for holding liquid, or other objects.
(figurative) A source of supply.
* Spenser
* Keble
(nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
(nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
(nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
(nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
(military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
(architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
(metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
A well drink.
(video games) The playfield of the video game Tetris , into which the blocks fall.
To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
* Dryden
* Bryant
To have something seep out of the surface.
(archaic) Straight, not bent.
Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
* (John Locke)
* Bishop Joseph Hall
Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
Healthy, sane, competent.
Real; veritable.
* Milton
(Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
* 1986 David Williamson, "What If You Died Tomorrow," Collected plays , Volume 1, Currency Press, p310
* 2001 Catherine Menagé, Access to English, National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, NSW: Sydney, p25
* 2001 Morris Gleitzman, Two weeks with the Queen, Pan Macmillan Australia, p75
(dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
* Spectator
Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: ?
Designed to be placed or worn outward.
(politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
On the right side.
Towards the right side.
Yes, that is correct; I agree.
I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
(non-gloss definition).
(Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance).
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That which complies with justice, law or reason.
A legal or moral entitlement.
* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
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(politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
To correct.
To set upright.
To return to normal upright position.
To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
* Shakespeare
* Jefferson
Exactly, precisely.
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According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
In a correct manner.
To a great extent or degree.
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In archaic terms the difference between well and right
is that well is prudent; good; well-advised while right is straight, not bent.As adverbs the difference between well and right
is that well is accurately, competently, satisfactorily while right is on the right side.As adjectives the difference between well and right
is that well is in good health while right is straight, not bent.As interjections the difference between well and right
is that well is used to acknowledge a statement or situation while right is yes, that is correct; I agree.As nouns the difference between well and right
is that well is a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids while right is that which complies with justice, law or reason.As verbs the difference between well and right
is that well is to issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring while right is to correct.well
English
(wikipedia well)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), . Related to (will).Alternative forms
* (dialectal) * (Scotland) *Adverb
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Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well . Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.}}
Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
- That guy rocks! I think he's called Matthew Lillard or sommat but he is well cool in Scream.
- Hey Dude / FIFA 2003 is well wicked, I've got FIFA 2002 on PS2, David Beckham on Xbox and Football Manager on Xbox too, out of all pf(SIC) them FIFA 2003 is easliy(SIC) the best.
- Hey, you should've seen it, it was well good.
- It boded well to you.
- Know / In measure what the mind may well contain.
- All the world speaks well of you.
Derived terms
* all too well * as well * do well by doing good * full well * fully well * just as well * pretty well * well and truly * well-behaved * well-known * well-mannered * well-padded * well-read * well-usedAdjective
- I had been sick, but now I'm well .
- On leaving the operating table it is well to put the patient in a bed previously warmed and supplied with hot cans.
Derived terms
* full well * get well * * well-beingInterjection
(en interjection)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=“Well ,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.}}
Derived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
- Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well .
- Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled
- a well of serious thought and pure
- They're having a special tonight: $1 wells .
Derived terms
* ink well * light well (architecture) * oil well * spare tire well, spare tyre well * window well (architecture) * wishing wellEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m). Cognate with German .Verb
(en verb)- [Blood] welled from out the wound.
- [Yon spring] wells softly forth.
- Her eyes welled with tears.
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English
(re-split by etym)Alternative forms
* (informal)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- a right line
- The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
- I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
- It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.
- If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is right , "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die."
- there are some dispositions blame-worthy in men, which are yet, in a right sense, holily ascribed unto God; as unchangeableness, and irrepentance.
- Is this the right software for my computer?
- I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
- You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
- In this battle, the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians.
- KIRSTY: I suppose you're hungry. Would you like something to eat? / KEN: No. I'm right , thanks.
- When the sales assistant sees the customer, she asks Are you right , sir?'' This means ''Are you all right? She wants to know if he needs any help.
- 'You lost?' / Colin spun round. Looking at him was a nurse, her eyebrows raised. / 'No, I'm right , thanks,' said Colin.'
- The lady has been disappointed on the right side.
- After the accident, her right leg was slighly shorter than her left.
- the right side of a piece of cloth
Synonyms
* (correctness) correct, just * dexter, dextral, right-hand * (politics) conservative, right-wing * (as a tag question) seeAntonyms
* (straightness) bowed, crooked, curved * (correctness) wrong * leftDerived terms
* a broken clock is right twice a day * alright, all right * do right by * in one's right mind * it's all right * right angle * right as a trivet * right as rain * right away * rightdom * righteous * right hand * right handed, right-handed * right-hand man * righthood * rightly * right-minded * rightness * right off * right off the bat * right of way * Right Reverend * right triangle * she'll be rightAdverb
(-)Interjection
(en interjection)- - After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.
- Right — who wants lunch?
- You're going, right ?
- Withnail: Right ... I'm gonna do the washing up.
Derived terms
* yeah rightNoun
(wikipedia right) (en noun)- There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties.
“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2
Cronies and capitols, passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}
Synonyms
* (right side) starboard,Antonyms
* (legal or moral entitlement) duty, obligationDerived terms
* bragging rights * human rights * Miranda rights * rightful * right of first refusal * shop right * to the right * two wrongs don't make a right * two wrongs make a rightEtymology 2
(etyl) , from riht, from the same ultimate source as Etymology 1, above.Verb
(en verb)- Righting all the wrongs of the war will be impossible.
- The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
- When the wind died down, the ship righted .
- to right the oppressed
- So just is God, to right the innocent.
- All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Adverb
(-)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}
- The fog was right hard to see through so I was on Tom Pritchard before I saw him.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=He b'iled right over, and the tongue-lashing he give that boss Right Liver beat anything I ever listened to. There was heap of Scriptur' language in it, and more brimstone than you'd find in a match factory.}}
