different between alright vs alrighty
alright
English
Alternative forms
- all right
- aight (AAVE, UK)
- awright
- oright
Etymology
From all +? right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”), equivalent to al- (“all”) +? right.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??l??a?t/, /???a?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
Adjective
alright (not comparable)
- (often proscribed) Alternative form of all right; satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order.
- Synonyms: acceptable, adequate, fine; see also Thesaurus:satisfactory
- 1662 : Cantus, songs and fancies, to three, four, or five parts, both apt for voices and viols : with a brief introduction to musick, as is taught by Thomas Davidson, in the Musick-School of Aberdene by Thomas Davidson, iii. sig. B/1
- Where ever I go, both to and fro
- You have my heart alright.
- 1922 : Ulysses by James Joyce, chapter 18
- …if I went by his advices every blessed hat I put on does that suit me yes take that thats alright the one like a wedding cake standing up miles off my head…
- 1932 : "Goodbye, Christ" by Langston Hughes
- You did alright in your day, I reckon—
- But that day's gone now.
- 1939 : Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, chapter 1.40
- Bladyughfoulmoecklenburgwhurawhorascortastrumpapornanennykocksapastippatappatupperstrippuckputtanach, eh? You have it alright.
- 2000 : House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, page 105
- "You're alright Johnny," she said in a way that actually made him feel alright. At least for a little while.
Interjection
alright
- (informal) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
- (Britain, informal) A generic greeting; hello; how are you.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hello
Related terms
- (greeting): alright me babber, alright me lover
Derived terms
- alrighty
Usage notes
- Some distinguish between alright and all right by using alright to mean "fine, good, okay" and all right to mean "all correct". Alternatively (or in addition to the previous), Alright may be used as an interjection akin to "OK", whilst all right is used in the sense of "unharmed, healthy".
- The contracted term is considered nonstandard by Garner's Modern American Usage and American Heritage Dictionary. Indeed, the Oxford English Dictionary notes that although analogous forms exist in words such as already, altogether, and always, "the contracted form is strongly criticized in the vast majority of usage guides, but without cogent reasons". The Oxford Dictionaries also conclude that "alright remains nonstandard" and that it is "still regarded as being unacceptable in formal writing". Other dictionaries and style manuals also consider it incorrect or less correct than all right.
Descendants
- ? Afrikaans: oraait
References
alright From the web:
- what alright means
- what alright in slang
- what alrighty means
- alrighty then meaning
- what's alright in sign language
- what's alrighty then
- what alright means in spanish
- what alright are you
alrighty
English
Etymology
From alright +? -y.
Interjection
alrighty
- (informal) Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- Alrighty, let's go then.
Translations
Anagrams
- lightray
alrighty From the web:
- what alright means
- what alright in slang
- what alrighty means
- alrighty then meaning
- what's alrighty then
- what does alright mean
- what is alrighty aphrodite about
- what does alrighty aphrodite mean
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- alright vs alrighty
- consent vs alrighty
- agreement vs alrighty
- affirm vs alrighty
- foxiver vs alright
- dret vs foxiver
- foxiver vs discussion
- just vs foxiver
- korrigieren vs foxiver
- obligation vs foxiver
- foxiver vs echt
- foxiver vs tagalog
- carse vs carve
- terms vs carse
- carse vs carte
- carse vs arse
- tarse vs carse
- carse vs cares
- crase vs carse
- farse vs carse