right enough phr.
indeed, certainly.
Maidstone Jrnl 30 Sept. 6/6: He might have had a drop to drink, but he could walk home right enough. | ||
in House Scraps 140: ‘Right enough’ was the retort. | ||
Autobiog. of a Gipsey 417: And shoful it were, right enough, hevery bloomin’ hounce. | ||
Boy’s Own Paper 29 Dec. 198: We’re locked in, right enough. | ||
Bulletin (Sydney) 21 July 43/2: It’s ole Jerry, right enuff; that were ’is ugly mug. S’welp me, ’e’s gorn looney! | ||
Peace in Our Time 200: You’re on velvet right enough! | ||
There Ain’t No Justice 176: It’s right enough. | ||
Teachers (1962) 67: It’s some of ours right enough, don’t you worry. | ||
(con. mid-1960s) Glasgow Gang Observed 76: The fittest boay Ah’ve ever saw – jist oot o’Polmont, right enough. | ||
Fleshmarket Close (2005) 115: ‘Right enough, Matty,’ the barman said. |
In phrases
that’s satisfactory, within its limits, as far as you may be concerned (but not me).
Dundee People’s Jrnl 18 Feb. 2/4: ‘Oh well, that’s right enough [...] this is rather a good thing that has turned up for me’. | ||
Salt Lake Herald (UT) 25 Mar. 6/7: First Tramp— ‘I’m a red ’ot socialist, I am; I believe in sharin’ alike’ Second Ditto— ‘Yus, that’s right enough [...] ’Ave yer got a bit o’ baccy about yer, Sam?’. | ||
Derby Dly Teleg. 13 Aug. 5/2: He replied, ‘That’s right enough,’ when he was charged. |