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▪ I. † alˈright, adv. Obs.
2–3 alriht, alrihtes.
[f. all adv. wholly, quite + rihte right.]
Just, exactly.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 133 Alrihtes swa alse þe wise teolie..nimeð ȝeme of twam þingen. c1230Ancr. R. 92 And alriht so of þe oðre wittes.
▪ II. alright
a frequent spelling of all right.
1893Durham Univ. Jrnl. Nov. 186, I think I shall pass alright. 1897Westm. Gaz. 16 Dec. 9/3 Witness said, ‘Alright, come along.’ 1924H. W. Fowler in S.P.E. Tract XVIII. 1 (subtitle) Open Court on ‘Alright’. 1925Marquess Curzon in Marq. of Zetland Life (1928) III. 378, I am sure I shall get through alright. 1926H. W. Fowler Mod. Eng. Usage 16/1 There are no such forms as all-right, allright, or alright, though even the last, if seldom allowed by the compositors to appear in print, is often seen..in MS. |