† well awayadv.

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and away adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., away adv.

Etymology: < well adv. + away adv. With sense 1 compare earlier wella adv.

Obsolete.

1. Qualifying a comparative: far and away, much. Cf. wella adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a great extent or by far

great quantityc1330

far forthly1362

by farc1380

well awayc1390

by half?a1400

by mucha1450

far (and) away1546

by a great sort1579

to stand head and shoulders abovea1683

(by) a long way1741

by a jugful1831

by all odds1832

by a long, damn, etc., sight1834

out and away1834

(by) a long chalk1835

by chalks1835

by long chalks1835

by a street1886

a whole lot1886

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. l. 215 Þis is þe lif of þis lordis..And wel-a-wey wers and I shulde al telle.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 263 Þe larke, þat is a lasse foule is more louelich of ledne, And wel awey of wenge swifter þan þe pecok.

1532 Romaunt Rose in Wks. G. Chaucer f. cxxviii^v/1 Somdele lasse it [sc. the river] was than Sayne But it was strayter wele away.

2. Elliptically, with a verb implied, in can well away: can put up with, tolerate, endure, or bear. Cf. away adv. 12.

a. Followed by with.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate

forbearc897

tholec950

bearOE

abidec1300

bidea1325

takec1330

suffer1340

wielda1375

to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384

supportc1384

to sit with ——c1400

sustainc1400

thulgec1400

acceptc1405

to away with1528

brook1530

well away1533

to bear with —1538

digest1553

to comport with1565

stand1567

purse?1571

to put up1573

well away1579

comport1588

fadge1592

abrook1594

to come away1594

to take up with1609

swallow1611

embracea1616

to pack up1624

concocta1627

to set down bya1630

to take with ——1632

tolerate1646

brook1658

stomach1677

pouch1819

1533 T. Paynell tr. U. von Hutten De Morbo Gallico xii. f. 27^v I remembred the notable saieng of Hipocras, that olde men may wel away with fastynge.

1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 2 Whose pride I could not well away with.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 27/1 He..could well awaie with bodilie labour [1577 II. 334/2 could well endure trauaile and bodily labour].

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (ii. 14) 532 They can well away with either religion, but care greatly for neither.

a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxxvii. 116 This Master Done being young and youthly,..could not well away with the strict observation of the Lords day.

1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 186 But all this work is nothing yet, And I could well away with it.

1712 Life & Conversat. R. Bentley 31/1 The better sort of Copies declare some for one, some for t'other; and truly I can very well away with either of those Readings.

?1790 ‘A. Armstrong’ Very Familiar Lett. to J. Nott (ed. 2) iii. 14 You ask Mr. Priestley whether he can well away with a part of the New Testament.

1822 Kaleidoscope 8 Jan. 211/3 When the story treats of times so recent as 1723, we cannot so well away with it.

b. Followed by to and infinitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate

forbearc897

tholec950

bearOE

abidec1300

bidea1325

takec1330

suffer1340

wielda1375

to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384

supportc1384

to sit with ——c1400

sustainc1400

thulgec1400

acceptc1405

to away with1528

brook1530

well away1533

to bear with —1538

digest1553

to comport with1565

stand1567

purse?1571

to put up1573

well away1579

comport1588

fadge1592

abrook1594

to come away1594

to take up with1609

swallow1611

embracea1616

to pack up1624

concocta1627

to set down bya1630

to take with ——1632

tolerate1646

brook1658

stomach1677

pouch1819

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 235 Notwithstanding the people of Athens could well awaye to liue like subiects vnder the gouernment of a fewe.

a1594 R. Greenham Fruitful & Godly Serm. (1595) 36 We cannot so well away to haue our sores rifeled, seared, lanced, but fedde with healing salues.

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xliv. f. 136^v The bodies of these inhabitants do well away with these two vnwelcom guests, hunger and paine, and their minds can wel away to know they must die.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well away
释义	† well awayadv. Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and away adv. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., away adv. Etymology: < well adv. + away adv. With sense 1 compare earlier wella adv. Obsolete. 1. Qualifying a comparative: far and away, much. Cf. wella adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a great extent or by far great quantityc1330 far forthly1362 by farc1380 well awayc1390 by half?a1400 by mucha1450 far (and) away1546 by a great sort1579 to stand head and shoulders abovea1683 (by) a long way1741 by a jugful1831 by all odds1832 by a long, damn, etc., sight1834 out and away1834 (by) a long chalk1835 by chalks1835 by long chalks1835 by a street1886 a whole lot1886 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. l. 215 Þis is þe lif of þis lordis..And wel-a-wey wers and I shulde al telle. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 263 Þe larke, þat is a lasse foule is more louelich of ledne, And wel awey of wenge swifter þan þe pecok. 1532 Romaunt Rose in Wks. G. Chaucer f. cxxviii^v/1 Somdele lasse it [sc. the river] was than Sayne But it was strayter wele away. 2. Elliptically, with a verb implied, in can well away: can put up with, tolerate, endure, or bear. Cf. away adv. 12. a. Followed by with. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate forbearc897 tholec950 bearOE abidec1300 bidea1325 takec1330 suffer1340 wielda1375 to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384 supportc1384 to sit with ——c1400 sustainc1400 thulgec1400 acceptc1405 to away with1528 brook1530 well away1533 to bear with —1538 digest1553 to comport with1565 stand1567 purse?1571 to put up1573 well away1579 comport1588 fadge1592 abrook1594 to come away1594 to take up with1609 swallow1611 embracea1616 to pack up1624 concocta1627 to set down bya1630 to take with ——1632 tolerate1646 brook1658 stomach1677 pouch1819 1533 T. Paynell tr. U. von Hutten De Morbo Gallico xii. f. 27^v I remembred the notable saieng of Hipocras, that olde men may wel away with fastynge. 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 2 Whose pride I could not well away with. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 27/1 He..could well awaie with bodilie labour [1577 II. 334/2 could well endure trauaile and bodily labour]. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (ii. 14) 532 They can well away with either religion, but care greatly for neither. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxxvii. 116 This Master Done being young and youthly,..could not well away with the strict observation of the Lords day. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 186 But all this work is nothing yet, And I could well away with it. 1712 Life & Conversat. R. Bentley 31/1 The better sort of Copies declare some for one, some for t'other; and truly I can very well away with either of those Readings. ?1790 ‘A. Armstrong’ Very Familiar Lett. to J. Nott (ed. 2) iii. 14 You ask Mr. Priestley whether he can well away with a part of the New Testament. 1822 Kaleidoscope 8 Jan. 211/3 When the story treats of times so recent as 1723, we cannot so well away with it. b. Followed by to and infinitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate forbearc897 tholec950 bearOE abidec1300 bidea1325 takec1330 suffer1340 wielda1375 to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384 supportc1384 to sit with ——c1400 sustainc1400 thulgec1400 acceptc1405 to away with1528 brook1530 well away1533 to bear with —1538 digest1553 to comport with1565 stand1567 purse?1571 to put up1573 well away1579 comport1588 fadge1592 abrook1594 to come away1594 to take up with1609 swallow1611 embracea1616 to pack up1624 concocta1627 to set down bya1630 to take with ——1632 tolerate1646 brook1658 stomach1677 pouch1819 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 235 Notwithstanding the people of Athens could well awaye to liue like subiects vnder the gouernment of a fewe. a1594 R. Greenham Fruitful & Godly Serm. (1595) 36 We cannot so well away to haue our sores rifeled, seared, lanced, but fedde with healing salues. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xliv. f. 136^v The bodies of these inhabitants do well away with these two vnwelcom guests, hunger and paine, and their minds can wel away to know they must die. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1390
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