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OK by (someone)
1. All correct, all right; satisfactory, good; well, in good health or order. In early use, occasionally more intensively: outstanding, excellent. Now frequently in somewhat weakened sense: adequate, acceptable. OK by (someone): fine by (a person), acceptable to (a person). Chiefly predicative.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective]
wellOE
sufferablea1340
worthy1340
sufficient1489
paregala1500
competent1535
something like?1556
right1567
sweet1577
fairish1611
all right1652
fair1656
comfortable1658
decent1711
respectable1750
unrepulsive1787
decentisha1814
fair-to-middling1822
fine1828
christena1838
OK1839
tidy1844
not (or none) so dusty?1856
sweet1898
oke1928
okey-doke1934
okey-dokey1936
tickety-boo1939
cool1951
aight1993
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] > highly satisfactory
OK1839
hunky-dory1866
(all) Sir Garnet1894
kayo1923
hotsy-totsy1924
oojah-cum-spiff1930
patsy1930
not shabby1975
alpha minus1989
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1839 C. G. Greene in Boston Morning Post 23 Mar. 2/2 He..would have the ‘contribution box’, et ceteras, o.k.—all correct—and cause the corks to fly, like sparks, upward.
1839 Salem Gaz. 12 Apr. 2/3 The house was O.K. at the last concert, and did credit to the musical taste of the young ladies and gents.
1839 Boston Evening Transcript 11 Oct. 2/3 Our Bank Directors have not thought it worth their while to call a meeting, even for consultation, on the subject. It is O.K. (all correct) in this quarter.
1840 Atlas (Boston) 19 Aug. 2/4 These initials, according to Jack Downing, were first used by Gen. Jackson. ‘Those papers, Amos [Kendall], are all correct. I have marked them O.K.’ (oll korrect). The Gen. was never good at spelling.
1840 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 21 Apr. 2/4 The Brigadier..reviewed his Brigade..and pronounced every thing O.K.
1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 72 His express reported himself.., assured Allen that all was O.K., and received his dollar.
1864 Boy's Own Mag. Nov. 450/1 No thought of taking the trouble to find out whether the order was O.K., or ‘orl korrect’, as Sir William Curtis phrased it.
1865 W. H. Russell Atlantic Telegr. 61 The communication with shore continued to improve, and was, in the language of telegraphers, O.K.
1874 E. S. Phelps Trotty's Wedding Tour xiii. 133 We had an O.K. time till we went to bed.
1894 C. H. W. Donovan With Wilson in Matabeleland xi. 253 As our American friends would say, we were still ‘O.K.
1900 Law Times 10 Nov. 35/2 The State Court seems to have decided that when a lawyer marks such a decree O.K., he is, by so doing, estopped from questioning that decree by appeal.
1908 C. E. Mulford Orphan xiii. 160 He's an O.K. dog, that's what he is.
1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 101 At first Joe thought the job O.K.
1928 Z. N. Hurston Let. 15 Oct. in Life in Lett. (2002) 127 Things are ok by me. How is it with you?
1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon viii. 148 ‘I say, Mr. Superintendent, are you going to want me any more? I've got to get back to Town.’ ‘That's O.K. We've got your address.’
1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. ii. 20 Anything that was efficiently organised was O.K. by Paul Perry.
1959 F. Astaire Steps in Time (1960) viii. 66 Some were outstanding—this one was not, but it was o.k.
1977 Zigzag June 31/1 We could have had a great album, rather than an OK album.
1983 B. Willis & A. Lee Captain's Diary vi. 111 I lay there in something of a trance,..just praying that I will be OK to bowl tomorrow.
2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 xi. 297 Talking until the greasy spoons open is OK by me, if I'm with a group of blokes, but it seems rather a waste of resources when with such a pretty girl.
β. 1895 Bulletin (Sydney) 9 Feb. 15 I'm ryebuck and the girl's okay.1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. 161 Dr. Woodrow Wilson is said..to use okeh in endorsing government papers.1932 Sunday Express 3 July 9/6 I had given my hand to the comedian and heard him say: ‘Hold on, baby... Hold on. It's okay. You're going to be fine.’1934 N. Sainsbury Gridiron Grit xii. 142 Okay by me.1953 J. Y. Cousteau Silent World 91 Tailliez came up and reported, ‘Everything okay. They're playing chess.’1979 Washington Post 25 Dec. b1/3 A lot of what we get is coming out of guilt, idealism and pity of suburban people, and I suppose that's okay. But it is better if the giving comes out of a relationship.1989 Japan Times 21 May 3/6 He looks good, stable... He will be okay.2000 Feng Shui for Mod. Living May 63/1 Let's take three restaurants in a short parade of shops, all pretty unprepossessing, all have okay chefs..okay menus..okay decor.
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