Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Perfectly satisfactory; fine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as hunky, hunk, 2.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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So tunneling under a high school with thousands of living children is hunky-dory, while tunneling under a cemetery with thousands of dead people is verboten.
John Mirisch: Constellation Blvd. Is the Wrong Choice for the Westside Extension Century City Station John Mirisch 2010
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So tunneling under a high school with thousands of living children is hunky-dory, while tunneling under a cemetery with thousands of dead people is verboten.
John Mirisch: Constellation Blvd. Is the Wrong Choice for the Westside Extension Century City Station John Mirisch 2010
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You mean you can't just print up trillions in Monopoly Money and everything will turn out just hunky-dory?
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Without leaving the boat, fishing arm-deep into the brush, he announced, "All hunky-dory."
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T_T Things are moving along quickly but very hunky-dory.
"You like shark movies?" tragic_elegance 2010
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Tim McGraw brought his Emotional Traffic Tour to suburban Denver, Colorado on August 5, and everything was hunky-dory.
Michael Bialas: Concert Review: Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan Manhandle Denver Michael Bialas 2011
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Tim McGraw brought his Emotional Traffic Tour to suburban Denver, Colorado on August 5, and everything was hunky-dory.
Michael Bialas: Concert Review: Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan Manhandle Denver Michael Bialas 2011
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“So everything was hunky-dory between you and Victor the last time you saw him?”
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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Tim McGraw brought his Emotional Traffic Tour to suburban Denver, Colorado on August 5, and everything was hunky-dory.
Michael Bialas: Concert Review: Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan Manhandle Denver Michael Bialas 2011
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T_T Things are moving along quickly but very hunky-dory.
"You like shark movies?" tragic_elegance 2010
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