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[ adverb ] sentence-initial expression of agreement
Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)We 'd be losing at halftime to a good team and Hartweger would say , ' Do n't worry , Coach - we 'll get 'em all_right '' ' . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Eileen was a psychologist all_right . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)`` I guess it will be all_right . `` All_right '' , Rector said . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)`` All_right '' . |
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[ adjective ] (informal) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
Examples "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" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Scotty said , `` That 's all_right . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)`` All_right . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)Everything would be all_right . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
Synonyms Examples "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 Related terms |
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[ adverb ] reinforces an assertion, as in "It's expensive all right"
Synonyms Used in print (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)It was fun for me , all_right . (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)He had taken her all_right . (Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)`` I 'll talk to him , all_right '' . |
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[ adjective ] being in good health
Synonyms Examples "he's feeling all right again" "I'm fine, how are you?" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)`` He's all_right , Craig '' , Rachel said . Kate 's all_right '' . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)`` You are all_right , my brother '' ? Related terms |
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[ adverb ] (informal) in a satisfactory or adequate manner
Examples "she'll do okay on her own" "held up all right under pressure" (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right') Used in print (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)In the range and variety of characters who , in their literary lives , get_along all_right with life_styles one never imagined possible , there is an implicit lesson in differentiation . Related terms |
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