very good
English
Adjective
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: very good.
- That was a very good play.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
Phrase
- A polite acknowledgement of orders or statements.
- 1992 May 3, "Comrade Bingo" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 6:
- B.W. Wooster: If you ask me, art is responsible for most of the trouble in the world.
R. Jeeves: An interesting theory, sir. Would you care to expatiate upon it?
B.W. Wooster: As a matter of fact, no, Jeeves. The thought just occurred to me, as thoughts do.
R. Jeeves: Very good, sir.
- B.W. Wooster: If you ask me, art is responsible for most of the trouble in the world.
- - Find out if there's any claret in the cellar, Jeeves.
- - Very good, sir.
- 1992 May 3, "Comrade Bingo" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 6:
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