Sentence examples for a pretty well from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a pretty well" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a miscombination of "pretty well," which is an idiomatic expression meaning "fairly good" or "to a satisfactory extent."
Example: "I did pretty well on my exam, considering how little I studied."
Alternatives: "fairly well" or "quite well."

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There's a pretty well known secret among top Facebook application developers: one developer is generating over $1 million a month.

He's a pretty well off guy who really didn't make a lot of money.

It is the gap at the centre of the composition that draws the eye, a pretty well perfect rhombus.

This new Scottish Opera production – a pretty, well sung but fairly banal rendition – was less so, still.

Ruth Wilson, the 33-year-old British actress, has made a pretty well unimprovable start to 2015.

This is a more advanced testing tool because it can often take more time and it requires that the students have a pretty well developed prototype.

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A pretty well-received one at that.

"I'm a pretty well-known cancer doctor.

"But he is a pretty well-kept secret.

"I have a pretty well-known pre-existing condition," she says dryly.

"There's a pretty well-established set of Press Complaints Commission rules, and there's the law.

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