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▪ I. hunky, a.1 U.S. slang.|ˈhʌŋkɪ|
[f. hunk n.2 and a. + -y1.]
In good condition; safe and sound; all right: = hunk a.
1861‘A. Ward’ in Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 15 June 273/1 He (Moses) folded her to his hart, with the remark that he was ‘a hunkey boy’. 1878B. Harte Man on Beach 47 She's all hunky, and has an appetite. 1889K. Munroe Golden Days xii. 125 If I'd took good care of that map..we'd been all hunky at this minute. 1907C. E. Mulford Bar-20 ix. 105 That was all hunky for a while. 1926Bulletin 21 Oct. 4/2 I'll be all hunky. Nurse Dainton tends me like I was made of glass.
So ˌhunky-ˈdory, -ˈdorey [second element of unknown origin] a., satisfactory, fine.
1866Galaxy 1 Oct. 275, I cannot conceive on any theory of etymology..why anything that is ‘hunkee doree’..should be so admirable. 1868in G. C. D. Odell Ann. N.Y. Stage (1936) VIII. 390 [Even Samuel Slater admitted that Tostee, when and if she sang, was] hunky⁓dory. 1907N. Munro Daft Days xxi, Before one marries it's hunky-dory—it's fairy all the time. 1907M. C. Harris Tents of Wickedness iv. ii. 341 I've had my luncheon, and I feel better already. Oh, it's all hunky-dory. 1943N. Balchin Small Back Room 172 Well, unless the electricity they taught me is all wrong, that ought to be hunky-dory. 1956D. M. Davin Sullen Bell iii. iv. 233, I thought everything was hunkydory and you were well on the way to being a big executive. 1969J. Gardner Founder Member ii. 17 Everythink's 'unkey dorey 'ere. No problem.
▪ II. hunky, a.2|ˈhʌŋkɪ|
[f. hunk n.1 + -y1.]
Thick-set, solidly built.
1911E. Ferber Dawn O'Hara vii. 89 Rather be hunky and healthy than skinny and sick. 1959Listener 23 Apr. 733/1 A vast, hunky, surly man.
Add: In modern use, spec. (of a man) sexually attractive, ruggedly handsome. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1978Washington Post 22 Dec. c4/1 They seem to be anticipating national palpitations when Tomlin sighs, ‘Oh, Strip’ or ‘Mmmmmmmm’ at Travolta's hunky nearness. 1980Photo-Love Summer Spectacular 4/4 This hunky guy came and sat down beside me. 1990Village Voice (N.Y.) 30 Jan. 83/4 Michael Patton pranced his hunky bod around. |