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hunky dory

UK/ˌhʌŋkiˈdɔːɹi/

hunky dory adjective: satisfactory, fine.

Adjective

hunky dory (comparative more hunky dory, superlative most hunky dory)

  1. (informal) Satisfactory, fine.
    • Now that I’ve found my missing book, everything’s hunky-dory again.
    • It was no easy job, I can tell you. We worked like beavers to get the cave the way we wanted it; but when it was done, it was what you may call hunky-dory.1880 January 6, Mrs. Frank McCarthy, “How Aunt Pam Became a Smuggler”, in Harper's Young People

hunky dory meaning in Tamil and Urdu

hunky dory in Tamil

நன்றாக, அனைத்தும் சரியாக உள்ள, தண்டம்

hunky dory in Urdu

بڑے مزے, ٹھیک ٹھاک

Synonyms of hunky dory

Forms of hunky dory

comparativemore hunky dory
superlativemost hunky dory
alternative formhunky-dory
alternative formhunkydory
alternative formhunkidory
alternative formhunky dorey
alternative formhunky-dorey
alternative formhunkydorey

Origin of hunky dory

American English, 1860s. From hunky (“in good condition”, “safe and sound”) + dory (origin and meaning unknown).

Questions about hunky dory

What does hunky dory mean?
Hunky dory means satisfactory, fine.
What is hunky dory in Tamil?
Hunky dory in Tamil is நன்றாக, அனைத்தும் சரியாக உள்ள, தண்டம். See Hunky dory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hunky dory?
Hunky dory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hunky dory?
Hunky dory is pronounced /ˌhʌŋkiˈdɔːɹi/ (UK).

Words near hunky dory in the dictionary

  1. hunks of junk
  2. hunkses
  3. hunksome
  4. hunkvertising
  5. hunky
  6. hunky dory
  7. hunky hand grenade
  8. hunky punk
  9. hunky punks
  10. hunky-dorey
  11. hunky-dory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hunky dory (page history and authors); hunky dory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hunky dory (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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