1. satisfactory or fine
Usage: informal; often used ironically

1. a small duck
Usage: informal; often used as a term of endearment

Examples

• Everything’s just ducky, thanks for asking.
• Well, isn’t that just ducky – now we’re stuck in traffic.
• The little ducky paddled around the pond.
• Come here, ducky, and let me fix your hair.
• The situation looked ducky until the rain started.
• She called her daughter ‘ducky’ as a pet name.