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alright

[awl-rahyt]

adverb

  1. all right.



alright

/ ɔːˈɪ /

adverb

  1. a variant spelling of all right

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

The form alright, though very common, is still considered by many people to be wrong or less acceptable than all right
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Spelling Note

The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by analogy with such words as already and altogether. Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue and in other types of informal writing, all right is used in more formal, edited writing.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of alright1

First recorded in 1660–70
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Example Sentences

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The message of these films was often that, no matter how difficult things get, everything will be alright in the end if you persevere.

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And honey, we were in the trenches, alright!

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“Some things turned out alright for him, but others went wrong, and he also hurt people.”

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"Fingers crossed that in a couple of years' time I'll be alright and back to winning well."

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I left it for Lee to decide because he knows if I'm playing alright and how I'm hitting them, and he said he thought I was better off going without them.

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