well and good

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Adjective

well and good (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.
Having 200,000 people on your mailing-list is all well and good, but how many of them actually read the mailings?

Usage notes

Frequently preceded by all, as in the example.

Synonyms

all very well, dandy

Translations

basically good

Italian: tutto bene
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vel og bra (no)

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