Is "It turned out well" even correct grammar?

[nq:1]"It turned out well" isn't well something that is an adverb in the present tense?[/nq]
Well can be an adverb or an adjective. Neither adverbs nor adjectives have present (or any other) tense in English. "To turn out" can be considered a copulative verb phrase; thus it can take an adjective as its complement.

[nq:1]"It turned out well" isn't well something that is an adverb in the present tense?[/nq]
It could turn out well, it could turn out badly ...
John Dean
Oxford

[nq:2]"It turned out well" isn't well something that is an adverb in the present tense?[/nq]
[nq:1]It could turn out well, it could turn out badly ...[/nq]
It's also possible to construe "well" in that context as an adjective meaning the same as "good." "I just finished work on a new painting. It could have turned out either good or bad. It turned out good."

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[nq:2]It could turn out well, it could turn out badly ...[/nq]
[nq:1]It's also possible to construe "well" in that context as an adjective meaning the same as "good." "I just finished ... the sort I've described. I agree that verb tense per se has nothing to do with whether "well" is appropriate.[/nq]
Can you give an example of "well" used as an adjective?

Gary Eickmeier

[nq:2]It's also possible to construe "well" in that context as ... se* has nothing to do with whether "well" is appropriate.[/nq]
[nq:1]Can you give an example of "well" used as an adjective?[/nq]
I just did.
If you need another one, how about "I used to be sick, but now I'm well"?
Surely the fact that it is used almost exclusively as a predicate adjective doesn't make it any less

[nq:2]It's also possible to construe "well" in that context as ... se* has nothing to do with whether "well" is appropriate.[/nq]
[nq:1]Can you give an example of "well" used as an adjective?[/nq]
You are not a well boy?

[nq:2]Can you give an example of "well" used as an adjective?[/nq]
[nq:1]I just did. If you need another one, how about "I used to be sick, but now I'm well"? Surely the fact that it is used almost exclusively as a predicate adjective doesn't make it any less an adjective.[/nq]
That is a completely different "well." That one means "not sick" as opposed to "satisfactorily." The "well" in "w

[nq:2]Can you give an example of "well" used as an adjective?[/nq]
[nq:1]You are not a well boy?[/nq]
You people can't be serious. The question is about "it turned out well." That has nothing to do with a "well" boy.
Gary Eickmeier

[nq:2]I just did. If you need another one, how about ... a predicate adjective doesn't make it any less an adjective.[/nq]
[nq:1]That is a completely different "well." That one means "not sick" as opposed to "satisfactorily." The "well" in "well, better, best" is an adverb.[/nq]
[nq:2]You are not a well boy?[/nq]
[nq:1]You people can't be serious. The question is about "it turned out w

[nq:2]You are not a well boy?[/nq]
[nq:1]You people can't be serious. The question is about "it turned out well." That has nothing to do with a "well" boy.[/nq]
"Six o' clock and all's well"
Cite from "borrow" in OED:
" 1862 R. Chambers Rambling Remarks 24 The boy puts the 'putter' into your hand, but before applying it to the ball, it will be well for you to examine the ground be