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All Right

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Adjective

1. all right, fine, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

Example Sentences:
'an all-right movie'
'the passengers were shaken up but are all right'
'is everything all right?'
'everything's fine'
'things are okay'
'dinner and the movies had been fine'
'another minute I'd have been fine'

Adverb

2. all right, alright, fine, ok, very well

an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

3. all right, alright

without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)

Example Sentences:
'it's expensive all right'

4. all right, alright, o.k., okay

in a satisfactory or adequate manner

Example Sentences:
'she'll do okay on her own'
'held up all right under pressure'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

All Right

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adjective (postpositive except in slang use)
1. 
adequate; satisfactory
2. 
unharmed; safe
3.  all-right
sentence substitute
4. 
very well: used to express assent
adverb
5. 
satisfactorily; adequately
the car goes all right
6. 
without doubt
he's a bad one, all right
US slang
a. 
acceptable
an all-right book
b. 
reliable
an all-right guy
adjective (prenominal)
US informal
reliable, acceptable

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

All Right

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1. 
satisfactory; adequate
2. 
unhurt; safe
3. 
correct
4. 
yes; very well
used in reply to a question or merely to preface or resume one's remarks
5.  Informal
certainly
he's the one who did it, all right
adjective
Slang
honest, honorable, good, excellent, etc.
used before the noun it modifies

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

All Right

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adv.
1. In a satisfactory way; adequately: I held up all right under pressure.
2. Very well; yes. Used as a reply to a question or to introduce a declaration: All right, I'll go.
3. Without a doubt: It's cold, all right.
interj.
Used to express great satisfaction, approval, or happiness.
adj.
1.
a. In proper or satisfactory condition: checked to see if the tires were all right.
b. Acceptable; allowable: Delaying the repair is all right by me.
c. all-right (ôlrīt) Informal Satisfactory; good: an all-right fellow; an all-right movie.
2. Correct: Your answers are all right.
3. Average; mediocre: The performance was just all right, not remarkable.
4. Not in danger or difficulty; safe or uninjured: The passengers were shaken up but are all right.
5. In good physical or mental condition; healthy or untroubled: I am feeling all right again.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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