all right
1. (See right a. 15, adv. 13 c.) Hence n. use of phr., esp. in bit of all right: see bit n.2 4 h.
2. adj. phr. Used to indicate approval. colloq.
| 1953 ‘S. Ransome’ Hear No Evil (1954) vii. 71 Was it an all-right evening? 1962 M. Procter Body to Spare xxv. 186 He seemed an all-right bloke to me. |