hunky-dory

[ huhng-kee-dawr-ee, -dohr-ee ]
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adjectiveSlang.
  1. about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.

Origin of hunky-dory

1
1865–70; hunky1 + dory< ?

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How to use hunky-dory in a sentence

  • But you seem to be feeling all hunky-dory again, and why don't you come join us in the Good Citizens' League, old man?

    Babbitt | Sinclair Lewis
  • We kin fix that all hunky-dory, an' Johnson, he won't neveh know.

    Old Man Curry | Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

British Dictionary definitions for hunky-dory

hunky-dory

/ (ˌhʌŋkɪˈdɔːrɪ) /


adjective
  1. informal very satisfactory; fine

Origin of hunky-dory

1
C20: of uncertain origin

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