hunky-dory

adjective

hun·​ky-do·​ry ˌhəŋ-kē-ˈdȯr-ē How to pronounce hunky-dory (audio)
: quite satisfactory : fine

Examples of hunky-dory in a Sentence

if she just agrees to cooperate, everything will be hunky-dory
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This means that when AI gives you an answer that the AI portrays for example as fully aboveboard and hunky-dory, the reality is that the response is bound to be a lot shakier than you are being led to believe. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 All seems hunky-dory until another car speeds onto the scene, plowing into Carol and Milo. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024 McFaul argues that differences between individual leaders explain Russia’s alternating policies of cooperation and confrontation: everything is hunky-dory when Dmitry Medvedev is president, but trouble comes when Putin takes charge. Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2014 Ah, if only all of life’s temptations had an expiration date after which all would be hunky-dory. R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024 But all was not completely hunky-dory at the station. Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024 From the outside, everything looks hunky-dory at Theatre Three. Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023 These were not announcements Belichick would make on his own if everything were hunky-dory down in Foxborough. Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023

Word History

Etymology

obsolete English dialect hunk home base + -dory (of unknown origin)

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hunky-dory was in 1866

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“Hunky-dory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunky-dory. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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