Hunky dory

Satisfactory, fine, or okay
Hunky dory is an informal phrase that means satisfactory, fine, or okay123. It is an Americanism that appeared in the 1860s, and it may have derived from earlier words like 'hunkey' and 'hunkum-bunkum', which had similar meanings14. The phrase can be used in both social and professional contexts to express that everything is going well2.
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2. english-grammar-lessons.com
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4. phrases.org.uk
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“Hunky-dory,” meaning “fine,” “satisfactory” or “all right” (“My boss says it's OK to take Friday off, so everything is hunky-dory”), is a handy phrase. It may be a bit worn around th


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