hunky-dory

hun·ky-do·ry (h

-dôr

, -d

)

adj. Slang

Perfectly satisfactory; fine.

[Probably alteration of hunky, safe, all right, from obsolete hunk, goal, home in a game, from Dutch honk, from Frisian hunk.]

hunky-dory [ˌhʌŋkɪˈdɔːrɪ]

adj

Informal very satisfactory; fine

[of uncertain origin]

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Adj.

hunky-dory - 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"

all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

satisfactory - giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"

Translations

hunky-dory [ˌhʌŋkɪˈdɔːrɪ] ADJ (esp US) → guay
it's all hunky-dory → es guay del Paraguay

hunky-dory

adj (inf) that’s hunky-dory → das ist in Ordnung

hunky-dory [ˈhʌŋkɪˈdɔːrɪ] (fam) adj (okay) → soddisfacente; (fine) → magnifico/a, meraviglioso/a
everything's hunky-dory → va tutto bene

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all right brilliant excellence fine O.K. OK okay	But you just go on lovin' him, and leanin' on his judgement--he's no fool--and you'll be all hunky-dory. The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context Said to go to bed and get a good sleep and I'd be all hunky-dory in the morning. The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context Well, as I was saying, the goose hung high and everything was going hunky-dory, and I was piling up my wages to come north to Nebraska and marry Sarah, when I run on to Vahna--" The Red One by London, Jack View in context	hunger hunger after or for hunger march hunger marcher hunger strike Hunger-bit Hunger-starve Hungered Hungerer Hungerly Hungnam hungover Hungred hungrily hungriness hungry Hungshui He hunk hunker hunker down Hunkerism hunkers Hunkpapa hunks hunky hunky-dory Hunnemania fumariifolia Hunnemannia Hunnish Hunt hunt about or around hunt ball hunt club hunt down hunt out hunt saboteur hunt the slipper hunt up Hunt's-up hunt-and-peck hunt-and-peck method Hunt-counter huntaway Hunte hunted hunted person hunter hunter green hunter track hunter's chicken hunter's moon	hunker hunker hunker down hunker down hunker down hunker down to Hunker, Pennsylvania hunkered hunkered hunkered down hunkered down hunkering hunkering Hunkering down Hunkering down Hunkerism hunkers hunkers hunkers Hunkers and Barnburners hunkers down hunkers down hunkier hunkies hunkiest Hunkpapa Hunkpapas hunks hunky hunky hunky-dory Hunne's case Hunnemania fumariifolia Hunnemannia Hunnemannia fumariifolia Hunnenschlacht Hunnenschlacht (Liszt) Hunner's ulcer Hunner's ulcer Hunner's ulcer Hunner's ulcer Hunnic Hunnish Hunnish Hunnish Hunnish Hunnishness Hunny Hunny Hunny Bunny HUNP Huns Huns Huns Huns Huns Huns settled Huns, Karlis Fridrikhovic Hunsaker, Jerome Hunsaker, Jerome Hunsinger Lane Baptist Church

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all right
brilliant
excellence
fine
O.K.
OK
okay

But you just go on lovin' him, and leanin' on his judgement--he's no fool--and you'll be all hunky-dory.

The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context

Said to go to bed and get a good sleep and I'd be all hunky-dory in the morning.

The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context

Well, as I was saying, the goose hung high and everything was going hunky-dory, and I was piling up my wages to come north to Nebraska and marry Sarah, when I run on to Vahna--"

The Red One by London, Jack View in context

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