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all" right'




1. safe; sound: Are you all right?
2. yes; very well; OK: All right, I'll go with you.
3. (used as an interrogative or interrogative tag) OK?; do you agree?: We'll deal with this problem tomorrow, all right?
4. satisfactory; acceptable: His performance was all right, but I've seen better.
5. satisfactorily; acceptably: His work is coming along all right.
6. without fail; certainly: You'll hear about this, all right!
7. Informal.reliable; good: That fellow is all right.
8. (a) bit of all right, Brit.quite satisfactory (used as an understatement): The way he saved that child's life was a bit of all right.

all-right



Pronunciation: (ôl'rīt"), [key]
—adj. Informal.
agreeable, acceptable, or commendable: an all-right plan.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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