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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
- all-right slang.
- acceptable
an all-right book
- reliable
an all-right guy
sentence substitute
- very well: used to express assent
adverb
- satisfactorily; adequately
the car goes all right
- without doubt
he's a bad one, all right
Usage
Spelling Note
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of all right1
Origin of all right2
Idioms and Phrases
- (a) bit of all right, British. quite satisfactory (used as an understatement):
The way he saved that child's life was a bit of all right.
Example Sentences
She鈥檚 OK, she鈥檚 hurt bad, but she鈥檚 going to be all right.
That was enough to give Maher a glimmer of hope that somehow things would be all right.
He delivered a wonderful gameplan and got it all right from a tactical point of view.
And don鈥檛 we all need a big healing sing-along moment with 鈥淭he Middle鈥 with the hooky reassurance that everything will be all right, all right?
He told the BBC: "I would have loved to be able to wave a magic wand and get it all right... but that isn't the reality and I didn't have the votes."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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