Passing well

That is what you must expect should Ekadrina notice you. She knows what Bridget ban looks like, and you resemble your mother passing well.

Michael Flynn, On The Razor’s Edge

If you ask me for a reason why one should never trust the highest upvoted answer among recommended by some knowledge service,

I will show them this morbidly funny dialogue on Quora.

As you see, HSC degree in English doesn’t save from absence of interest in even moderately archaic English lexicon. It’s sad. Even worse is that highly likely that answer would be brought to you by ChatGPT or any of its kin.

However, Mr. Chowdhury definitely overlooked one juicy option, namely, to interpret well as an excavated hole sunk into the ground…