Definition of peachy keen in English:
peachy keen
adjectiveˈpiːtʃɪ kiːnˈpitʃi kin
North American dated, informal Very satisfactory; fine.
I'm not saying everything is peachy keen
Example sentencesExamples
- At the same time, things aren't really peachy-keen anywhere nowadays.
- Days like this are for using words like peachy-keen!
- He has called his work ‘a stand against the fiction that everything in this slipping land of ours is peachy-keen.’
- They're just good people and the label is great and everything's just peachy-keen.
- To get that peachy-keen look, brighten your cheeks with this product.
- But now, he had the feeling she wasn't exactly peachy-keen with him.
- That's the hard part, everything was going just peachy-keen when he did a disappearing act.
- You made it seem like everything was peachy-keen with you two.
Origin
1950s: from peachy (sense 2) + keen (sense 5 of the adjective).
Definition of peachy keen in US English:
peachy keen
adjectiveˈpēCHē kēnˈpitʃi kin
North American dated, informal Very satisfactory; fine.
I'm not saying everything is peachy keen
Example sentencesExamples
- But now, he had the feeling she wasn't exactly peachy-keen with him.
- At the same time, things aren't really peachy-keen anywhere nowadays.
- To get that peachy-keen look, brighten your cheeks with this product.
- You made it seem like everything was peachy-keen with you two.
- They're just good people and the label is great and everything's just peachy-keen.
- Days like this are for using words like peachy-keen!
- He has called his work ‘a stand against the fiction that everything in this slipping land of ours is peachy-keen.’
- That's the hard part, everything was going just peachy-keen when he did a disappearing act.
Origin
1950s: from peachy (sense 2) + keen (sense 5 of the adjective).