hunky-dory

hun·ky-do·ry

H0327200 (hŭng′kē-dôr′ē)adj. Slang Perfectly satisfactory; fine.

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

hunky-dory

(ˌhʌŋkɪˈdɔːrɪ) adjinformal very satisfactory; fine[C20: of uncertain origin]

hunk•y-do•ry

(ˈhʌŋ kiˈdɔr i, -ˈdoʊr i)

adj. Informal. about as well as one could wish or expect; fine. [1865–70, Amer.; hunky satisfactory, right (appar. hunk “home” in a game, a safe place (< Dutch honk) + -y¹) + dory, of obscure orig.]

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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, okaycolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsatisfactory - giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"

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