but good
Adverb
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Adverb
but good (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) To a high degree; very thoroughly; in a most definite manner.
- 1992, Catherine Coulter, The Hellion Bride, ISBN 9780515109740, [http://books.google.ca/books?id=xMtcu6o7BS8C&pg=PT197&lpg=PT197&dq=%22her+but+good%22+subject:%22fiction%22&source=bl&ots=b5Y_FnprlM&sig=uThnjcyyjJW20aEStk1QTribSaQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-LctUOK3EoTBygHioIGwAQ&ved=0CGAQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22her%20but%20good%22%20subject%3A%22fiction%22&f=false (Google preview)]:
- Ryder rode beside her, pleased at her pleasure, knowing that he'd surprised her but good.
- 2000 Oct. 2, Jessica Reaves and Frank Pellegrini, "[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,56496,00.html For Bush, It's an Expectations Game; For Gore, It's Learning From His (Few) Mistakes]," Time:
- [T]he debate is a sublime mismatch: He's expected to whip this guy, but good.
- 2011 Aug. 16, Joe Drape, "Postcards From Saratoga Springs: There’s a Doctor in the Paddock ↗," New York Times (retrieved 16 Aug 2012):
- Dr. Gerald Bortolazzo, or Doc, as he is known, has some story to tell about a horse, his new career as a horseman and how he, if he did not exactly cheat death, fooled it but good.
- 1992, Catherine Coulter, The Hellion Bride, ISBN 9780515109740, [http://books.google.ca/books?id=xMtcu6o7BS8C&pg=PT197&lpg=PT197&dq=%22her+but+good%22+subject:%22fiction%22&source=bl&ots=b5Y_FnprlM&sig=uThnjcyyjJW20aEStk1QTribSaQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-LctUOK3EoTBygHioIGwAQ&ved=0CGAQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22her%20but%20good%22%20subject%3A%22fiction%22&f=false (Google preview)]:
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