hunky-dory
Example Sentences
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Brown is the main reason it was clear that not everything was hunky-dory for the Eagles, even before the team lost its first game of the season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
"You can have a six-year-old and a 60-year-old in the same bowl, and it's all hunky-dory," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025
Although most members speaking on the record said that everything was hunky-dory, they admitted privately that they were worried how the race might develop — and what strains it could put on the delegation.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023
“OK, it’s associated with a specific tumor type, but does that just mean that it’s living hunky-dory with the tumor, or is it actually causing the tumor to get bigger and progress?”
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
Everything was, as Grover said, hunky-dory, until Ralph had his idea.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
