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I came across this sentence in an exercise, so there is no context :

> こんなに寒い部屋に **よく住めるね** 。

What is exactly the meaning of よく住める and is it possible to have one or two
other sentences using it?
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Meaning of よく住める
Here よく means _how (can/do you) ...?_ , indicating the speaker thinks '...' is
something extraordinary. It is somewhat close to _how come ...?_.

So the sentence means _how can you live in such a cold room like this? (I
think it's impossible)_.

Incidentally よく can be put at the front: よくこんな寒い部屋に住めるね.

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Other examples:

  * よくこんなもの見つけたね _How did you find such a thing? (I am surprised you did)_
  * よくそんなこと言えるね _How dare you say such a thing?_
  * よく日本語なんか勉強するね _How come you study Japanese!_

Note that it often comes with そんな/こんな or なんか (roughly corresponding to _such_
).

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デジタル大辞泉 lists this usage of よく(well) as [separate
definitions](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%82%88%E3%81%8F/#jn-227079_):

> ４ 困難なことをしたり、考えられないような喜ばしい結果を得たりして感じ入るさま。本当にまあ。よくぞ。「―来てくれました」「月給だけで―やっていけるね」
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> ５ 相手の非常識な言動などを非難するさま。4を反語的にいう語。よくもまあ。「―のこのこと来られたものだ」

5 is the definition for _how dare.._.

That said, I suppose it can be understood as an exclamation. E.g. the sentence
in question is _how well you live in such a cold room!_ and the speaker thinks
you are doing too well (much).

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In terms of register, it is colloquial, but can be made polite. E.g.
よくこんな寒い部屋に住めますね.

Ending with な (e.g. 住めるな) would sound masculine and somewhat more rude.
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