very well

Fine, I'll comply

Very well signals acceptance or agreement, often with a note of reluctant concession or formal acknowledgment: Very well, we'll do it your way.

It can also affirm that something meets expectations: The surgery went very well.

In the concessive sense, it carries more reserve than "okay" or "sure"—suggesting the speaker is yielding rather than enthusiastically agreeing.

acknowledgment

understood

Grasped the meaning

agreed · affirmative · as you wish · so be it · all right · of course · indeed · fine · granted · accepted

health

fit

Proper or healthy

robust · vigorous · hearty · sound · recovered · flourishing · tip-top · fighting fit · right as rain · in fine fettle

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Opposites
reluctant vs enthusiastic acceptance

very wellabsolutely not

Emphatic total rejection

no way · I refuse · certainly not · under no circumstances · out of the question

quality of performance or condition

very wellterribly

To extreme degree

badly · poorly · abysmally · dreadfully · horribly

health or wellness

very wellpoorly

In an inferior way

unwell · sickly · ailing · under the weather · run down

Family

well, very, unwell, wellspring, verity, welling, verily, welled, verisimilitude

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G