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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: nonstandard usage adv
1: without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion); "it's expensive all right" [syn: all right, alright]
2: an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence [syn: very well, fine, alright, all right, OK]
3: 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') [syn: okay, O.K., all right, alright]

Merriam Webster's

adverb or adjective Date: 1887 all right Usage: The one-word spelling alright appeared some 75 years after all right itself had reappeared from a 400-year-long absence. Since the early 20th century some critics have insisted alright is wrong, but it has its defenders and its users. It is less frequent than all right but remains in common use especially in journalistic and business publications. It is quite common in fictional dialogue, and is used occasionally in other writing <the first two years of medical school were alright — Gertrude Stein>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. disp. = all right.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see all right

Moby Thesaurus

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