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as in adequate
of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards it wasn't a great meal, but it was all right

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adverb

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Recent Examples of all right
Adjective
Tran, who also had a traumatic birth, wanted to get it all right. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 Mar. 2025 Well into the second quarter Sunday, Villanova was showing them, all right. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025 Oh, Jerrod Calhoun got the number of the truck that just hit him, all right. Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025 Elisabeth’s brain-rattling fears of no longer being desired, of being left behind by the world, are all right there on Moore’s face and in her body language. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for all right
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all right
Adjective
  • The margins for error are always going to be thin on a cold, wet night like Monday, but Juan Soto is a safe bet any night.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
  • So Far Cannes' Thierry Fremaux Wants 'Mission: Impossible 8,' Teases 2025 Fest Lineup and Moves on From the 'Emilia Perez' Controversy (EXCLUSIVE) That safe haven could also be an alternative to the normal escape route people take out of Gilead.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Production values are adequate, apart from the occasional iffy digital effect.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Concerns have been raised about DOGE operatives, many with ties to Musk's companies, gaining access to sensitive government data without adequate oversight or experience.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Of course, Greg/Gary is an honorable guy who would never bankrupt Belinda to teach her a lesson about greed and blackmail.
    Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Some Union soldiers attended the event, and two Union officers delivered orations, each focusing on the topic of reconciliation between the honorable foes.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Ours is set in a modern world while subverting the audiences expectations given the character has personified good since its inception.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 May 2024
  • Ethics and dangers are obvious concerns, but it shouldn’t be overlooked that AI has the potential to do profound good beyond pithy conversation with some chatbot.
    Steven Aquino, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Adverb
  • While Rare Beauty has already dabbled with a luminous powder blush and a cream blush, this Bouncy Blush is definitely the first of its kind.
    Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But there’s definitely a part of me in all stages of him.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The American Journal of Transplantation study found that China is likely violating the dead donor rule, an ethical norm which requires all organ donors to be dead before their organs are harvested.
    Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
  • So, if insects can feel pain, as most Americans believe, then there is an ethical reason to protect their welfare.
    Bob Fischer, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Equipment-wise, at least, the answer seems to be yes: The latest utilization measures put us at just over 77% utilization on existing equipment.
    Gary Hoover, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The answers, in order are yes, also yes, physically yes, but spiritually no.
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • That has always been part of the Trumpist package of maybe not ideas in the sense of grand philosophies but certainly cultural ideas.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The brands have certainly been taking advantage of those opportunities.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025

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“All right.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all%20right. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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