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literarypoland
 
Reply Thu 24 May, 2007 01:05 am
"you'd pretty well have to say no, even if the answer was yes"

I need the exact meaning of "pretty well". "Rather"?
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fresco
 
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Reply Thu 24 May, 2007 01:10 am
"pretty well" = " statistically most likely that the outcome is"
as in
Its pretty well impossible to hit a a target in a storm.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Thu 24 May, 2007 06:41 am
"Pretty well have to say 'no'"-- circumstances make it necessary to say "no".
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literarypoland
 
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Reply Fri 1 Jun, 2007 05:06 am
OK, now it's clear.
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