all right
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!
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.
Idioms about all right
(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.
Origin of all right
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Other definitions for all-right (2 of 2)
agreeable, acceptable, or commendable: an all-right plan.
Origin of all-right
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How to use all right in a sentence
This waiver and release is intended to waive all rights I may have under Section 1542 of the Civil Code of California, as well as any similar law of any other state or territory, that I may have.
He was an all-right fellow, and if there's been any rusty work done down there in the breaks, this shifty-eyed mark done it.
The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy BowerThere are hundreds of strange beliefs and spiritual systems, each claiming to be all-powerful, all-right.
Think | Col. Wm. C. HunterAll-right; I weel mak' you run de buffalo, shoot dose elk, trap de castor, an you shall shake de han' wid de grizzly bear.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone | Frederic RemingtonBut, all the same, wherever that Sage-Brush Hen was, there was dead sure to be an all-right cyclone.
Santa F's Partner | Thomas A. Janvier
I've seen 'all-right' men like you hitting the hurry trail for the boneyard before now.
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
British Dictionary definitions for all right
adequate; satisfactory
unharmed; safe
all-right US slang
acceptable: an all-right book
reliable: an all-right guy
very well: used to express assent
satisfactorily; adequately: the car goes all right
without doubt: he's a bad one, all right
- Also: alright
all right
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Other Idioms and Phrases with all right
Completely correct, as in You have a perfect score—your answers are all right. (It could just as well be put as “all your answers are right.”)
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