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wellish, adv. dial. and colloq.|ˈwɛlɪʃ| [f. well adv. + -ish.] Pretty well. wellish off, fairly well to do. Also not wellish adj., rather unwell.
1737Byrom Rem. (1856) II. i. 122 Mr. Lloyd complained of being hot, faint, not wellish. 1830H. Cockburn Let. 30 Dec. (1932) 30 How are you? All wellish here. 1856D. G. Rossetti Let. 6 Mar. (1965) I. 293, I fancy it will pay wellish, too. 1875‘S. Beauchamp’ N. Hamilton II. 134 They [the hops] looks moighty koind so fur, an they bin a taakin hold wellish. 1899Cumbld. Gloss., Weelish off, in easy circumstances. 1934E. Bowen Cat Jumps 230 ‘[Do you] know him fearfully well?’ ‘Wellish,’ said Rachel. |