Sentence:  It seems likely that the Indian python comes out ahead because records of its growth have been made more carefully and frequently ; it responds exceptionally <WSD>well</WSD> to captivity and does not reach proportions that make it hard to keep . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')