From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmight wellmight wellused to say that there is a good reason for a reaction, question, or feeling ‘What do they hope to achieve?’ ‘You might well ask.’ a system of which we in Britain might well be envious This caused a few gasps, as well it might. → might
Examples from the Corpus
might well ask• One might well ask how important the element of criminal damage is to the rationale of the aggravated offence.• What, a classical music novice might well ask, is the Watts thing all about?• A stranger from another planet might well ask of whom they were speaking; and where his wisdom lay.• You might well ask the moon.• We might well ask what such physical symptoms are doing in a manual of mental illness.• How, our cynic might well ask, would this differ from the present position? 