cold and dark out there all right,

"For now, though, the road ahead lay clear. It was cold and dark out there all right, but there hadn’t been rain for days, the ground beneath the spinning wheels of the vehicle dry as old bones". Mick Wall "Enter night"

What does the all right mean here?

The sentence makes sense without it.

Vladv1 said:

What does the all right mean here?

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Take a look here, and tell us if you can find the relevant entry.

teechar said:

Take a look here, and tell us if you can find the relevant entry.

all right

1. (in a way that is) satisfactory or reasonably good: 2. only just good…

dictionary.cambridge.org

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I think it has this meaning.
certainly or without any doubt:
"Are you sure it was Gillian with him?" "Oh, it was her all right."

Vladv1 said:

I think it has this meaning.
certainly or without any doubt:
"Are you sure it was Gillian with him?" "Oh, it was her all right."

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Yes.