Lindsay McMahon

It's kind of like the casual version of well.

You can still say well before, that's still casual, but way makes it, does make it a little more spoken English, a little more casual, just brings it down a notch in terms of formality, right?

Okay.

So then I bet our listeners are wondering, can we put well in front of any other words to have this same meaning, Michelle?

What do you think?

This is when we have arrived late or we have missed a deadline, right?

The concert started well after the time on the ticket.

It was really irritating.

It's true.

And especially if you're really excited.

I went to see Madonna a couple years ago here in Denver.

And I think she came on pretty late, actually, possibly like 45 minutes late, if I remember correctly.

And you're kind of you're waiting and you're like, it's well after the time this was supposed to start.

You know, I'm ready to see Madonna.

Come on.

So there you go.

So it's the same meaning.

You're conveying the same feeling as when we put it before, but you have some options here.

There's another option too, Michelle, which is well ahead of, right?

So similar to well before.