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Someone might casually say, "Noted," but to say, "Well noted," or "Duly noted," is to emphasize that they have read your message, ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Whatisthemeaningof'Wellnoted."? AskQuestion Asked 5years,7monthsago Modified 1yearago Viewed 333ktimes 5 2 IgotajobofferandIhavetoattendapsychologicaltesttomorrow,08:30am.Ican'tattendatthattimesoIaskforarescheduleonnextMonday.TheHRpersonrepliedtomyemailwith: Wellnoted.We'llsumbittheinformationtoouruser. Idon'tunderstand,isita'yes'or'no'?OrisitmeaningthattheHRpersonwillaskherboss(user)ifhe/shecanornot? meaningword-usage Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedOct19,2016at9:52 k1eran 22.1k66goldbadges4949silverbadges8888bronzebadges askedOct19,2016at9:48 ZakyMusyarofZakyMusyarof 5111goldbadge11silverbadge22bronzebadges 2 6 ItmeansthatyourHRhasacknowledgedyourrequest.Itisanotherwayofsayingdulynoted(correctlyorappropriatelyrecorded).Iftheyhavethepowertoacceptthemselves,itismostlikelythattheyagreed,iftheydon't,itmeanstheyaresubmittingyourrequesttosomeonewhocanacceptit. – MorganFR Oct19,2016at9:52 WhatevertheHRbureaucratmayhavebeenmeantbythatphraseinthisparticularcase,itshouldbeobserved,forthebenefitoffuturevisitorstothispage,thatthiswasnotanexampleofgood,clear,unambiguouscommunication.Itisnotanexampletobeemulated. – jsw29 Jun9,2021at16:55 Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 4 Itisa"yes".Itisbothacknowledgementandassurance. Someonemightcasuallysay,"Noted,"buttosay,"Wellnoted,"or"Dulynoted,"istoemphasizethattheyhavereadyourmessage,understooditfully,andwillactaccordingtoyourwishes. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredOct31,2016at13:54 AikenDrumAikenDrum 63744silverbadges1212bronzebadges 2 Actually,noteddoesnotimplythattherecipientwillactaccordingly.Thewordisoftenusedpreciselytoimplythatonereservestherighttodisagreewithorrejectwhateverhasbeennoted. – jsw29 Jun9,2021at16:50 @jsw-That'sonlywhensarcasmisinvolved,andtypicallyit'salsobeingusedinadifferentmannerfromtheoneOPaskedabout,e.g."Fine.Yourobjectionisnoted.Now,movingon..." – AikenDrum Jun11,2021at7:41 Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedmeaningword-usageoraskyourownquestion. FeaturedonMeta AnnouncingthearrivalofValuedAssociate#1214:Dalmarus Improvementstositestatusandincidentcommunication Related 23 Whatdoes"duly"meaninthephrase"dulynoted"? 0 Should"Haveyourpeerpartnersendyouherplans"beconsideredadirective? 1 Whatdoes"...consideredtobe,well,school"meanhere?Does"...,well,..."changeit'smeaning? 0 Meaningof'notedlights' 7 Whatdoes"Swish"mean? 1 Whatisthemeaningof"Faretheewell"? 0 Whatisthedifferenceinmeaningbetween"ariskoffailing"and"arisktofail"? 3 Whatisthemeaningof“well-a-well”? 2 Rhetoricalquestion HotNetworkQuestions Is“theartistrentedwherehecouldwork"grammatical? WhyareasteroidssomuchricherinpreciousmetalsthanEarth'scrust? Whatwouldcauseplantstosurviveonthegroundwhilerestrictinganimalstotheair? WouldIlookbadifIbackpedaledtogetoutofaworktrip? Auto/ManualtransmissionsinEurope WhyarearrestrecordspublicintheUnitedStates? WhereistheoriginalDantzigSimplex1947paper? Isreversepolarityprotectionthissimple? Whydon'twehaveausableIPaddressin127.0.0.0? Printthepowersetofthepowerset...ofanemptyset Can'tfigureoutthephrase"designerbirdhouses"inthisheadline Howdoweunderstandtherealworld? Whymykidsdon'tgetexcitedtoseeme Whyisrandomdevicecreationexpensive? IfIusethemonk'sabilitytousedexterityinsteadofstrengthformelee,canIchoosenottousethemonksmartialartdie? TheGameofGoldenSquares Tellmehowmanythereare,inPolish OneofmyfirstPythonprojects-anadventuregame Istheexactvalueofanylikelihoodmeaningless? Differencebetweendrupal-composervsdrupal-recommended Count/[^a-z]/igwith/[a-z]/ig Whyisit"learner'sdictionary"andnot"learners'dictionary"? Whynotputpipedopeonfemalethread? Howtopolitelytellacolleaguenottoberude? morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings