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all-right definition
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Overview of adj all-right The adj all-right has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. all right all-right, fine, ok o.k., okay, hunky-dory -- ((informal) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an 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") The adj all right has 1 sense (first 2 from tagged texts) 2. (6) all right fine -- (being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm fine, how are you?") Overview of adv all-right The adv all right has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (24) very well fine, alright, all right OK -- (sentence-initial expression of agreement) 2. (9) all right alright, without doubt -- (reinforces an assertion, as in "It's expensive all right") 3. (4) okay, O.K., all right alright -- ((informal) in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right')) Antonyms of adj all-right 1 sense of all-right Sense 1 all right(prenominal), all-right(postnominal), fine, ok o.k., okay, hunky-dory INDIRECT (VIA satisfactory) -> unsatisfactory 1 of 2 senses of all right Sense 2 all right fine INDIRECT (VIA well) -> ill, sick Similarity of adj all-right 1 sense of all-right Sense 1 all right(prenominal), all-right(postnominal), fine, ok o.k., okay, hunky-dory => satisfactory (vs. unsatisfactory) 1 of 2 senses of all right Sense 2 all right fine => well (vs. ill) Attributes of adj all-right Familiarity of adj all-right all-right used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) all right used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj all-right all-right Overview of adj all-right The adj all-right has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. all right all-right, fine, ok o.k., okay, hunky-dory -- ((informal) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an 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") The adj all right has 1 sense (first 2 from tagged texts) 2. (6) all right fine -- (being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm fine, how are you?") Overview of adv all-right The adv all right has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (24) very well fine, alright, all right OK -- (sentence-initial expression of agreement) 2. (9) all right alright, without doubt -- (reinforces an assertion, as in "It's expensive all right") 3. (4) okay, O.K., all right alright -- ((informal) in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right'))
all-right definition
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