Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A condition of utmost perfection.
- noun The most extreme degree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun state of perfection; the utmost degree.
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- adverb Alternative spelling of
fare thee well .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun state of perfection; the utmost degree
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yes, but "these kinds of things" were debated to a fare-thee-well at the time Palin uttered her utter lie and, before that, in the car on the way back from grandma's house.
Obama gives in to Sarah Palin's dishonesty Richard Cohen 2011
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 Traditional Christians argue that the only way to greet people is by saying âMerry Christmasâ, while others feel that it is more politically correct to opt with the âHappy Holidaysâ fare-thee-well.
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Clear out the clutter, clean everything to a fare-thee-well and arrange your furniture to highlight the home's best features.
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No sooner has the birth taken place than Part II finds the adult Messiah reviled by his people, weighed down by sorrows, and executed without so much as a fare-thee-well.
Rodney Punt: A Quest for Meaning in Holiday Music (And Finding It in The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles) Rodney Punt 2011
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A fine and noble sentiment, to be sure, but the actual fare-thee-well for Mr. Limpboner should be, “Vaya con dildos, Rush.”
Think Progress » Limbaugh vows to flee the country if health care passes. 2010
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Turning things on their head is a fine old tactic, which the Right has mastered to a fare-thee-well.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Attorney General Eric Holder quickly obliged last week, without so much as a fare-thee-well to the First Amendment.
News and Its Critics 2011
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Some bloggers play that game, too, but many more have lively comboxes where the issues of the day are hashed out to a fare-thee-well.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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No one was more surprised than I was when she pulled up stakes with little more than a fare-thee-well and just left them.
A Different Light Mariah Stewart 2010
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His last thirty rounds served as the coup de grace, “Taps” and a fare-thee-well to the poor sonovabitch all shot to hamburger in his robes.
Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010
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