hunky
Exhibiting strong, masculine beautyExhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» "Everything hunky-dory?" is a colloquial expression of dubious quality.
"Alles fit im Schritt?" ist ein umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck von zweifelhaftem Niveau. — PeterR
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4 senses(informal)Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.
(US, slang)All right; in good condition.
(US, slang)Even; square; on equal footing with.
Examples
3 sentences"Everything hunky-dory?" is a colloquial expression of dubious quality.
de"Alles fit im Schritt?" ist ein umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck von zweifelhaftem Niveau. — PeterR
Everything's hunky-dory.
deEs ist alles in Butter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Brian is a regular at the cafe. He is a hunky man with long grey-streaked hair.
Forms
hunkier, hunkiestWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.