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wel

Pronunciation: /ʋɛl/

“wel” is a Dutch word. Its 7 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. the opposite of not (used to add positive emphasis to the verb, much like the auxiliaries do or does in affirmative sentences in English)
  2. no less than, as much as, as many as (expressing amazement)
  3. fairly
  4. well

noun

  1. weal (general state of well-being and prosperity)
  2. well, source
  3. well; shaft (excavation made for the extraction of mineral resources)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wel, from Old Dutch *wela, wala, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Compare German wohl, English well, Icelandic vel, Swedish väl, Danish and Norwegian vel.

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