ALRIGHT

adverb or adjective Date: 1887 all right , Usage: The one-word spelling ~ appeared some 75 years after all right itself had reappeared from a 400-year-long absence. Since the early 20th century some critics have insisted ~ is wrong, but it has its defenders and its users. It is less frequent than all right but remains in common use especially in journalistic and business publications. It is quite common in fictional dialogue, and is used occasionally in other writing .