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all right
1[ awl rahyt, awl rahyt ]
adverb
- yes; very well; OK:
All right, I'll go with you.
- (used as an interrogative or interrogative tag) OK?; do you agree?:
We'll deal with this problem tomorrow, all right?
- satisfactorily; acceptably:
His work is coming along all right.
- without fail; certainly:
You'll hear about this, all right!
adjective
- safe; sound:
Are you all right?
- satisfactory; acceptable:
His performance was all right, but I've seen better.
- Informal. reliable; good:
That fellow is all right.
all-right
2[ awl-rahyt ]
adjective
- agreeable, acceptable, or commendable:
an all-right plan.
all right
adjective
- adequate; satisfactory
- unharmed; safe
- all-right slang.
- acceptable
an all-right book
- reliable
an all-right guy
sentence substitute
- very well: used to express assent
adverb
- satisfactorily; adequately
the car goes all right
- without doubt
he's a bad one, all right
Usage
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Word History and Origins
Origin of all right1
Origin of all right2
Idioms and Phrases
- (a) bit of all right, British. quite satisfactory (used as an understatement):
The way he saved that child's life was a bit of all right.
Example Sentences
He was an all-right fellow, and if there's been any rusty work done down there in the breaks, this shifty-eyed mark done it.
There are hundreds of strange beliefs and spiritual systems, each claiming to be all-powerful, all-right.
All-right; I weel mak' you run de buffalo, shoot dose elk, trap de castor, an you shall shake de han' wid de grizzly bear.
But, all the same, wherever that Sage-Brush Hen was, there was dead sure to be an all-right cyclone.
I've seen 'all-right' men like you hitting the hurry trail for the boneyard before now.
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