alright
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1.1
In a way that is good enough but not very good
- adverb
- /ɔːlˈraɪt/
- Informal
:
bien
- Rebecca—I’m glad everything has turned out alright—and for what it's worth, I have scissors in my car's first aid kit.
But so far working pretty alright.
- But so far working pretty alright.
Examples
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I hope everything turns out alright.
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We can handle it alright.
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And sometimes I might just be like, alright, let me go try this.
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I hope everything turns out alright.
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Everything is going to turn out alright.
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Everything is going to turn out alright.
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You're doing alright there.
Synonyms
very well
vsalright
919
1.0
In a fairly good way
is weaker, meaning just adequate rather than fairly good
all right
vsalright
706
1.0
In a good enough way
leans more to simple sufficiency rather than notable quality
adequately
vsalright
83
3.0
In a way that is good enough for the task
is broader, signaling everyday adequacy rather than specific sufficiency
so-so
vsalright
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3.8
In a way that is neither good nor bad
is more neutral, indicating acceptable performance without negativity
tolerably
vsalright
3
4.9
Good enough but not very good
is a bit more simply adequate, not stressing mediocrity
passably
vsalright
1
4.6
Good enough to do the job but not very good
is slightly more positive, meaning satisfactorily adequate rather than barely so
okay
vsalright
1
1.0
In a way that is good enough
is about simple adequacy rather than any high quality
OK
vsalright
1
1.0
In a way that is good enough but not very good
focuses on adequacy rather than suggesting it is excellent
Antonyms
Idioms
How Satisfactory
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alright comes from the phrase all right, where all means 'completely' and right means 'correct' or 'fine'. So if something goes alright, it was 'completely fine' or satisfactory.