RIGHTLY
rightly, justly, justifiedly
(adverb) with honesty; “he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
rightly (comparative rightlier or more rightly, superlative rightliest or most rightly)
In a right manner, correctly, justifiably.
Anagrams
• girthly
Source: Wiktionary
Right"ly, adv. Etym: [AS. richtlice.]
1. Straightly; directly; in front. [Obs.] Shak.
2. According to justice; according to the divine will or moral
rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed.
3. Properly; fitly; suitably; appropriately.
Eve rightly called, Mother of all mankind. Milton.
4. According to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly.
"I can not rightly say." Shak.
Thou didst not rightly see. Dryden.
RIGHT
Right, a. Etym: [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to D. regt, OS. &
OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. rätt, Icel. rĂ«ttr, Goth. raĂhts,
L. rectus, p. p. of regere to guide, rule; cf. Skr. straight, right.
sq. root115. Cf. Adroit,Alert, Correct, Dress, Regular, Rector,
Recto, Rectum, Regent, Region, Realm, Rich, Riyal, Rule.]
1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. "Right as any
line." Chaucer
2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique;
as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to
justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according
with truth and duty; just; true.
That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is absolutely right,
and is called right simply without relation to a special end.
Whately.
2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the
right place; the right way from London to Oxford.
5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not
spurious. "His right wife." Chaucer.
In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly manifested
themselves to be right barbarians. Milton.
6. According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact
or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is
the right faith.
You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well. Shak.
If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is . . .
right, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die." Locke.
7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.
The lady has been disappointed on the right side. Spectator.
8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the
muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; --
opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the
right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the
lower animals.
Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand. Longfellow.
Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are used
always with reference to the position of one who is facing in the
direction of the current's flow.
9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated;
correctly done.
10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a
piece of cloth. At right angles, so as to form a right angle or right
angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly.
– Right and left, in both or all directions. [Colloq.] -- Right and
left coupling (Pipe fitting), a coupling the opposite ends of which
are tapped for a right-handed screw and a left-handed screw,
respectivelly.
– Right angle. (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another
perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC. (b) (Spherics) A spherical
angle included between the axes of two great circles whose planes are
perpendicular to each other.
– Right ascension. See under Ascension.
– Right Center (Politics), those members belonging to the Center in
a legislative assembly who have sympathies with the Right on
political questions. See Center, n., 5.
– Right cone, Right cylinder, Right prism, Right pyramid (Geom.), a
cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the axis of which is perpendicular
to the base.
– Right line. See under Line.
– Right sailing (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal
points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude, but not
both. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
– Right sphere (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position that
the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in spherical
projections, that position of the sphere in which the primitive plane
coincides with the plane of the equator.
Note: Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you say is
right, true.
"Right," cries his lordship. Pope.
Syn.
– Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful; rightful; true;
correct; just; equitable; proper; suitable; becoming.
Right, adv.
1. In a right manner.
2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway;
immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the
mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide.
Unto Dian's temple goeth she right. Chaucer.
Let thine eyes look right on. Prov. iv. 25.
Right across its track there lay, Down in the water, a long reef of
gold. Tennyson.
3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Came he right now to sing a raven's note Shak.
4. According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of
truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.
5. According to any rule of art; correctly.
You with strict discipline instructed right. Roscommon.
6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly;
exactly; as, to tell a story right. "Right at mine own cost."
Chaucer.
Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. Chaucer.
His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught. Fairfax.
7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly;
as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. "He was not right fat".
Chaucer.
For which I should be right sorry. Tyndale.
[I] return those duties back as are right fit. Shak.
Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right
honorable; right reverend. Right honorable, a title given in England
to peers and peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such
peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy councilors;
also, to certain civic officers, as the lord mayor of London, of
York, and of Dublin.
Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as upright,
downright, forthright, etc. Right along, without cessation;
continuously; as, to work right along for several hours. [Colloq.
U.S.] -- Right away, or Right off, at once; straightway; without
delay. [Colloq. U.S.] "We will . . . shut ourselves up in the office
and do the work right off." D. Webster.
Right, n. Etym: [AS. right. See Right, a.]
1. That which is right or correct. Specifically:
(a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful
authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of
moral wrong.
(b) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to
truth or fact.
Seldom your opinions err; Your eyes are always in the right. Prior.
(c) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice;
uprightness; integrity.
Long love to her has borne the faithful knight, And well deserved,
had fortune done him right. Dryden.
2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically:
(a) That which one has a natural claim to exact.
There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties.
Coleridge.
(b) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact;
legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a
criminal.
(c) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to
possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of
property; title; claim; interest; ownership.
Born free, he sought his right. Dryden.
Hast thou not right to all created things Milton.
Men have no right to what is not reasonable. Burke.
(d) Privilege or immunity granted by authority.
3. The right side; the side opposite to the left.
Led her to the Souldan's right. Spenser.
4. In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members
collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.
5. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a
carpet, etc. At all right, at all points; in all respects. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
– Bill of rights, a list of rights; a paper containing a
declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See under Bill.
– By right, By rights, or By good rights, rightly; properly;
correctly.
He should himself use it by right. Chaucer.
I should have been a woman by right. Shak.
– Divine right, or Divine right of kings, a name given to the
patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no
misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or
his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people.
– To rights. (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] Woodward. (b) At
once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Swift.
– To set to rights, To put to rights, to put in good order; to
adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order.
– Writ of right (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in fee
simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner. Blackstone.
Right, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Righted; p. pr. & vb. n. Righting.] Etym:
[AS. rihtan. See Right, a.]
1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set
upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or
crooked); to correct.
2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to
assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right
one's self; also, to vindicate.
So just is God, to right the innocent. Shak.
All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer
while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing
the forms to which they are accustomed. Jefferson.
To right a vessel (Naut.), to restore her to an upright position
after careening.
– To right the helm (Naut.), to place it in line with the keel.
Right, v. i.
1. To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become
upright.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after
careening.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition