okay

Meanings

nounokay (plural okays)

plural okays · alternative OK · alternative O.K. · alternative ok · alternative okeh · alternative okey

alternativeAlternative spelling of OK.

verbokay (third-person singular simple present okays, present participle okaying, simple past and past participle okayed)

present singular third person okays · participle present okaying · participle past okayed · past okayed · alternative OK · alternative O.K. · alternative ok · alternative okeh · alternative okey

alternativeAlternative spelling of OK.
They [the English] turned her [Joan of Arc] over to the mercies of the Church to make sure the murder was a blessed one. All soldiers are superstitious, I suppose. Nobody wanted to kill an obvious saint unless the Church okayed it.
1970, Leslie Waller, chapter 8, in The American: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60

adjectiveokay (comparative more okay or okayer, superlative most okay or okayest)

comparative more okay · comparative okayer · superlative most okay · superlative okayest · alternative OK · alternative O.K. · alternative ok · alternative okeh · alternative okey

alternativeAlternative spelling of OK.
One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round.
1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC

adverbokay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)

comparative more okay · superlative most okay · alternative OK · alternative O.K. · alternative ok · alternative okeh · alternative okey