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May 22, 2012
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Synonyms for all-right

Adjective

1. all right, fine, ok, o.k., okay, hunky-dory, satisfactory (vs. unsatisfactory)
usage: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "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 been fine"
2. all right, fine, well (vs. ill)
usage: being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm fine, how are you?"

Adverb

1. very well, fine, alright, all right, OK
usage: sentence-initial expression of agreement
2. all right, alright, without doubt
usage: used to reinforces an assertion; "it's expensive all right"
3. okay, O.K., all right, alright
usage: in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right')
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