Mikor használjuk: "well and truly"?

T0bbnyire az ige előtt vanna az ilyen határozók:

I completely agree with you.

I well and truly agree with you.

Persze a tiedék is jó.

Inkább olyan színezete van, hogy alaposan, kétségtelenül. Pl.:

The problem is completely solved. (A probléma teljesen megoldódott.)

The problem is well and truly solved. (A probléma minden kétséget kizáróan meg van oldva. [Talán hosszas próbálkozás után. Valószínű, hogy vissza sem tér többet.])

Nekem az agree egy kicsit furcsán hangzik vele.

well and truly

PHRASE

Completely.

‘Leith was well and truly rattled’

More example sentences

‘Spring is sprung and the tourist season is well and truly under way in the North York Moors National Park.’

‘The days of authors being separated from the marketing machine are well and truly over.’

‘The big-spending days which followed promotion are well and truly in the past.’

‘The clash of the news titans is well and truly on, and the stakes are high for everyone involved.’

‘As any gambler will tell you, when your luck is out, it's well and truly out.’

‘Even now, when the worst is well and truly behind us, it still makes me go cold just to write those words.’

‘The game was now well and truly over as a contest although Harps never gave up the chase.’

‘There's definitely a copy at work, but the one here was well and truly out of date.’

‘Sadly, those in a position to help here have, as we all know, dropped the ball well and truly.’

‘We're well and truly all mixed up now and it's a case of trying to get to know everyone again.’