pretty well

Meanings

adverbpretty well (not comparable)

not comparableSynonym of pretty much (“almost completely; very nearly; nearly completely”).
That scene earlier pretty well destroyed my chances of getting the job.
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Well, Mike, if she's got nothing to say, this pretty well ends it here.
2015, Gennifer Hutchison, “Bingo” (4:11 from the start), in Better Call Saul, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Detective Greg Sanders (Barry Shabaka Henley)
Synonyms: pretty much
not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pretty, well.
She plays the piano pretty well, having studied for six years.

adverbSynonym of pretty much (“almost completely; very nearly; nearly completely”).

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