good vs well

Definitions

noun

1. that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
2. benefit
3. articles of commerce
4. moral excellence or admirableness

adverb

1. completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
2. (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')

adjective

1. not left to spoil
2. of moral excellence
3. having the normally expected amount
4. having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
5. generally admired

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Examples

It's good to have a cry sometimes.

Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.

This is not good for anybody, except for a few curmudgeons and people who are embittered by nothing more than their own embitteredness.

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Definitions

adjective

1. wise or advantageous and hence advisable
2. resulting favorably
3. in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury

adverb

1. (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
2. without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
3. with skill or in a pleasing manner
4. favorably; with approval
5. thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form

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noun

1. an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
2. a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
3. an abundant source
4. a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
5. an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps

verb

1. come up, as of a liquid

Examples

He was a cute little beggar, looked like you as well.

It also seems to carry the well-tempered glow of late Woody Allen with a well-satisfied view of late life and with few illusions.

Beard is rather dismissive of their optical sophistication, shown in the curvature of the stylobate and in the entasis of the columns — the slight outward swelling of a column designed to counter the optical illusion of concavity, were the columns 'sides to be perfectly straight.

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