"fare thee well" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌfɛː(ɹ)ðiː ˈwɛl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌfɛə(ɹ)ðiː ˈwɛl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˌfɛɚ ðiˑ ˈwɛl] [General-American] (note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger), [ˌfɛɹ ðiˑ ˈwɛl] (note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) Audio: en-au-fare thee well.ogg Forms: fare thee wells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fare thee well (plural fare thee wells)
  1. (idiomatic, usually hyphenated) The greatest extent; completion; a state of refinement or perfection. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: to a fare-thee-well
    Sense id: en-fare_thee_well-en-noun-a2CQNgiI

Phrase

IPA: /ˌfɛː(ɹ)ðiː ˈwɛl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌfɛə(ɹ)ðiː ˈwɛl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˌfɛɚ ðiˑ ˈwɛl] [General-American] (note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger), [ˌfɛɹ ðiˑ ˈwɛl] (note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) Audio: en-au-fare thee well.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} fare thee well
  1. (archaic) Goodbye, farewell. Tags: archaic Synonyms: fare-thee-well
    Sense id: en-fare_thee_well-en-phrase-Zaeb94I0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English farewells, English sentences, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English farewells: 17 83 Disambiguation of English sentences: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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