Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb All right.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)
- adverb an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
- adjective nonstandard usage
- adverb in a satisfactory or adequate manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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I can log in alright but everytime I go to a different page, I have to do it over each time I return to the forums.
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I can log in alright but everytime I go to a different page, I have to do it over each time I return to the forums.
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I can log in alright but everytime I go to a different page, I have to do it over each time I return to the forums.
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Yeah you are building a mountain alright a mountain of stupidity.
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Mail is coming in alright and so are private parcels.
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I can log in alright but everytime I go to a different page, I have to do it over each time I return to the forums.
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I can log in alright but everytime I go to a different page, I have to do it over each time I return to the forums.
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I can log in alright but everytime I go to a different page, I have to do it over each time I return to the forums.
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Oh, I struggle with a lot of things -- some of which you might wonder why -- but my faith that, as Bob Marley said, "Everything's gonna be alright," is rock solid.
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Oh, I struggle with a lot of things -- some of which you might wonder why -- but my faith that, as Bob Marley said, "Everything's gonna be alright," is rock solid.
EditorMark commented on the word alright
Some thoughts on the alright vs. all right, including a survey of several dictionaries and usage guides: http://editormark.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/it’s-all-right-i-think-we’re-gonna-make-it/
February 10, 2010
GHibbs commented on the word alright
My sentence: 'Would you check to see that the lagging walkers are alright?' where 'alright' means: safe, comfortable, ok, ...
August 22, 2011