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hunky-dory

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hun·ky-do·ry  (hngk-dôr, -dr)
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.]
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Adj.1.hunky-doryhunky-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"
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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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