Definition of "alright"

Where ever I go, both to and fro / You have my heart alright.

1662 : Cantus, songs and fancies, to three, four, or five parts, both apt for voices and viols : with a brief introduction to musick, as is taught by Thomas Davidson, in the Musick-School of Aberdene by Thomas Davidson, iii. sig. B/1

[I]f I went by his advices every blessed hat I put on does that suit me yes take that thats alright the one like a wedding cake standing up miles off my head […]

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 18]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […]

You did alright in your day, I reckon—But that day's gone now.

1932, Langston Hughes, Goodbye, Christ

Bladyughfoulmoecklenburgwhurawhorascortastrumpapornanennykocksapastippatappatupperstrippuckputtanach, eh? You have it alright.

1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, part I, page 40

"You're alright Johnny," she said in a way that actually made him feel alright. At least for a little while.

2000, Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves, page 105