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alright
[awl-rahyt]
adverb
all right.
alright
/ ɔːˈɪ /
adverb
a variant spelling of all right
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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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