peachy keen

adjective

Examples of peachy keen in a Sentence

back is the days when a wienie roast was a peachy keen way to spend a date
Recent Examples on the Web Despite Bernstein’s assertions that everything is peachy keen and that strikes are a good sign, the White House was about to rush a team to Detroit to help expedite the discussions. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023 All is not peachy keen with Zach and Alexa, however. Steven Aquino, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 Daniel Caesar had a peachy keen performance thanks in part to Justin Bieber — a guest performance that was arguably day one’s worst kept secret. Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2022 To complement her ultra-long peachy keen Oscar de la Renta gown, makeup artist Rob Rumsey created a feline eye look with not-too-sharp-not-too-subtle kitten flicks and fluttery lashes. Devon Abelman, Allure, 13 Sep. 2021 Everything is peachy keen in the lives of the teens until Zoya (Whitney Peak) enrolls at school. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021 Those changes over time can take a system where everything was peachy keen and transform it into one that transitions, out of equilibrium, to something entirely different. Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021 But that doesn’t mean that the prior weeks, months, years, or decades were necessarily peachy keen. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2021 And questions about why this game is even going ahead: two teams that have placed seven players between them on the COVID-19 list will play a Thursday night football game as though everything is peachy keen. Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 5 Nov. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of peachy keen was in 1948

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“Peachy keen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peachy%20keen. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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