ALL RIGHT as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
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  2. Meaning
    • being in good health
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he’’s feeling all right again
    • I”m fine, how are you?
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ALL RIGHT as ADVERB

  1. Meaning
    • in a satisfactory or adequate manner
    • (`alright” is a nonstandard variant of `all right”)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • she”ll do okay on her own
    • held up all right under pressure
  2. Meaning
    • sentence-initial expression of agreement
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  3. Meaning
    • used to reinforces an assertion
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • it’’s expensive all right