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English adjective: all right

1. all right being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition


SamplesAn 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.


Synonymsfine, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay


Similarsatisfactory


Domain usagecolloquialism


Antonymsunsatisfactory


English adverb: all right

1. all right an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence


Synonymsalright, fine, OK, very well

2. all right without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)


SamplesIt's expensive all right.


Synonymsalright

3. all right in a satisfactory or adequate manner


SamplesShe'll do okay on her own.
Held up all right under pressure.


Synonymsalright, O.K., okay


Domain usagecolloquialism









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