单词 | very well |
释义 | > as lemmasvery well 23. very well: expressing agreement, approval, or (now especially) acquiescence or acceptance, sometimes with overtones of exasperation or reluctance.In the absence of construction the distinction between the adverbial and adjectival use becomes obscured: cf. well adj. 3, 10. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > expression of assent yesOE yeaOE soa1400 toa1525 very well1529 yus1775 yerse1862 yeah1863 yeh1868 orright1874 yep1883 yup1887 ayuh1894 yairs1896 yayus1900 yip1906 too right1919 quite1924 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. xix. f. xxvi/1 Uery well quod I. then erreth he as moche..that byleuyth to moche as he that byleueth to lytle. 1566 Briefe Exam. Certaine Declar. sig. D1v You wyll say, we haue a commaundement of the Lorde... Very well. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. sig. E3 Very well, mast Courtier, & Dan Cornuto, ile cry quit with both. 1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 1 iv. i. 40 Very well, Sancho, talk on, talk on, the smarting of thy Bones I do perceive has made thee sharp and witty. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 259 We were chas'd..By five Sloops,..says the Fellow..; Very well, said I, then it is apparent there is something in it. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. vii. 66 ‘Very well,’ cried I, ‘that's a good girl.’ 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. viii. 161 The Baronet, though highly offended, could only say, ‘Very well, sir, it is very well.’ 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xxxv. 19 At last he said..‘I agree—I must have time.’ ‘Very well. It is a bargain.’ 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. vi. iii. 292 ‘Very well, then,’ sighed Thomasin. ‘I will say no more.’ 1909 W. H. Hudson Afoot in Eng. ii. 20 ‘What!’ I exclaimed. ‘Lady Y——: that funny old woman!’ ‘No—middle-aged,’ he corrected... ‘Very well, middle-aged if you like.’ 1957 E. Hyams Into Dream iii. vi. 234 ‘I'd better get cracking.’ ‘Very well. Take care of yourself.’ 1960 ‘Miss Read’ Fresh from Country (1962) xi. 116 ‘Maurice!’ said Joan... ‘You promised, you know.’ ‘Oh, very well,’ said Maurice pettishly. 2011 C. M. Paratore From Willa, with Love viii. 57 ‘Certainly Ms. Havisham,’ he says... ‘Please call me Stella.’ ‘Very well then, Stella.’ < as lemmas |
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