Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

well and good

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.76 in modern English

Syllables: well and -good
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.

Example Sentences

"Having 200,000 people on your mailing-list is all well and good, but how many of them actually read the mailings?"

Synonyms

all very well dandy

Questions

What does well and good mean?: Basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.

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