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ALL RIGHT

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

Example:

another minute I'd have been fine

Synonyms:

all right; cool; fine; hunky-dory; o.k.; ok; okay

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

satisfactory (giving satisfaction)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 II. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a satisfactory or adequate manner

Example:

held up all right under pressure

Synonyms:

all right; alright; O.K.; okay

Classified under:

Adverbs

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

Synonyms:

all right; alright; fine; OK; very well

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 3

Meaning:

Without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)

Example:

it's expensive all right

Synonyms:

all right; alright

Classified under:

Adverbs

Credits

 Context examples: 

I went to the house agents, you know, and they said that Mr. Garcia’s rent was paid up all right and that everything was in order at Wisteria Lodge.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"That's all right," said the Scarecrow.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

“I feel very unhappy about it,” said the husband, “in case it should not be all right, and he ought to have said goodbye to me.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

All right, Mac, wait till I get you alone!

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was all right yesterday, sir.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was all right: at present I decidedly preferred these fierce favours to anything more tender.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Your kind offices will set all right: he is the only man I ever did or could love, and I trust you will convince him of it.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

It was all right, all open, all equal.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“It's all right,” said Mr. Barkis, shaking hands; “I'm a friend of your'n. You made it all right, first. It's all right.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"That's all right, old fellow, you just run along home," ran the talk.

(White Fang, by Jack London)