well and truly
Beyond all doubt
Well and truly is an emphatic phrase meaning completely, thoroughly, or beyond any doubt.
It intensifies what follows: The ship was well and truly stuck on the sandbar.
By midnight, we were well and truly drunk.
The phrase suggests something has reached a definitive state with no room for qualification.
- finallyAt the end
- done and dustedFully complete, no more
- completelyTo the fullest extent
- utterlyTo the fullest extent
- absolutelyCompletely, without exception
thoroughly · good and proper · conclusively · totally · irrevocably · definitively · unequivocally · entirely · once and for all · wholly · lock stock and barrel · comprehensively · properly · fair and square · beyond doubt · without a doubt · earnestly · authentically
well and trulypartially
To an incomplete extent
halfway · incompletely · partly · somewhat · to some extent
well and trulyarguably
Open to debate
questionably · doubtfully · debatably · uncertainly · tentatively
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