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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
slang
acceptable
an all-right book
reliable
an all-right guy
very well: used to express assent
adverb
satisfactorily; adequately
the car goes all right
without doubt
he's a bad one, all right
Spelling Note
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of all right1
Origin of all right2
Idioms and Phrases
(a) bit of all right, quite satisfactory (used as an understatement).
The way he saved that child's life was a bit of all right.
Completely correct, as in You have a perfect score—your answers are all right . (It could just as well be put as “all your answers are right.”)
In proper or working order, in a satisfactory way, as in The engine is running all right now . [Late 1800s] Also see turn out all right .
In good health, as in John had the flu, but he's all right now . [Early 1900s]
Not injured, safe, as in It was just a minor accident and everyone is all right . [Early 1900s]
Very well, yes, as in Do you want to leave now?—All right , or All right, we'll stay home . [First half of 1800s] Also see all right with you .
Certainly, without a doubt, as in It's late all right, but it will probably come today . [Mid-1800s]
Hurrah! Good for you, as in All right! your team has done it again! [ Slang ; mid-1900s]
Also, all-right . Good, satisfactory. For example, This restaurant is all right , or Harry is an all-right guy . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
Norris' engineer Will Joseph asked Norris over the radio whether he was all right and the Briton replied: "Yep, I'm sorry. It's all my bad, all my fault. Unlucky, sorry. Stupid from me."
Think it’s all right to hold your cellphone while driving, as long as you’re just looking at a navigation app?
“So it’s been probably good for me mentally and physically, of just like, ‘Hey, it’s all right to take a break and ease back into it.’”
"If my on-field wasn't going well I would have to change things but I am doing all right on the field at the minute so it must be helping me."
Smith also noted that O’Neal had been drinking olive oil to clean out his system, saying, “Oh, he’s cleaning out his gut all right!”
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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