hunky¹

[huhng-kee] /ˈhʌŋ ki/

adjective, Slang.

satisfactory; well; right.

even; leaving no balance.

Origin

1860-65, Americanism; origin uncertain

hunky²

[huhng-kee] /ˈhʌŋ ki/

noun, plural hunkies. (sometimes initial capital letter) Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Hungarian or Slavic descent, especially an unskilled or semiskilled worker.

Also, hunkie.

Origin

1895-1900; perhaps Hung(arian) (with devoicing of -g-, influenced by hunk) + -y²; cf. bohunk

[huhng-kee] /ˈhʌŋ ki/

adjective, hunkier, hunkiest.

Slang. (of a male) having a handsome, well-developed physique.

Origin

1910-15; hunk + -y¹

Examples from the web for hunky

The newly hatched sibling seemed to think his older brother was hunky-dory, and they got on famously.
Things may not exactly be hunky-dory, but some of the innovations at bottom of the pyramid are certainly working.
It seems to be a brilliantly calculated move and look hunky-dory.
He's hip, he's hunky, he's the hottest star you've never.
Fans tune in to watch the hunky landscaper turn backyards from boring to alluring.
When things are hunky dory, looking down the road and seeing trouble and taking painful steps now is not so easy.
She spies the hunky homeowner undressing and falls, knocking out her breath.
We don't make any progress by pretending that everything is always hunky-dory.
We haven't told you that everything is all fine and hunky-dory.

Slang definitions & phrases for hunky

modifier

: hunky talk/ dumb hunkie brain

noun

A foreigner, esp a Hungarian, Slavic, or Baltic laborer; bohunk, ginzo (1910+)
honky: 99 white workers got killed in a coal-mine disaster, man! Do you know what I mean? So I can't call everybody no Hunkie (1960s+ Black)

[fr bohunk]

adjective

Attractive, esp sexually desirable; macho: hunky, bearded actor-troubadour/ the hunky blond who cranks the ferry

[1978+; the related sense, ''thick-set, solidly built,'' is found by 1911]