weller

See also: Weller

English

Adjective

weller

1. comparative form of well: more well
   • 1822, Charles and Mary Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Vol. 6)‎^[1]:

     Emma is looking weller and handsomer (as you say) than ever.

   • 1913, Henry Sydnor Harrison, V. V.'s Eyes‎^[2]:

     He forgot the Huns; forgot John the Baptist; forgot even his sick, till one of the weller of them (as we may assume) knocked memorially upon his door....

   • 1922, Samuel Hopkins Adams, From a Bench in Our Square‎^[3]:

     Now we come home he is already weller.

   • 1934, P[amela] L[yndon] Travers, “Bad Tuesday”, in Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins; 1), London: Gerald Howe Ltd […], →OCLC, page 85:

     “I’m not ill. I’m weller than you,” said Michael rudely.