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al·right    Audio Help   [awl-rahyt] Pronunciation Key
–adverb
all right.
—Usage note The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by analogy with such words as already and altogether. Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue and in other types of informal writing, all right is used in more formal, edited writing.
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al·right    Audio Help   (ôl-rīt')  Pronunciation Key 
adv.   Nonstandard
All right. See Usage Note at all right.

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alright 
frequent spelling of all right, attested from 1893.
"There are no such forms as all-right, or allright, or alright, though even the last, if seldom allowed by the compositors to appear in print, is often seen ... in MS." [Fowler]

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

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