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adverb- in an accurate manner
"the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right"
correctly right aright correctly right aright
- in the right manner
"please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
properly decently decent in good order right the right way properly decently decent in good order right the right way
- exactly
"he fell flop on his face"
right flop right flop
- in accordance with moral or social standards
"that serves him right"; "do right by him"
justly right justly right
- (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
"the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily"
mighty mightily powerful right mighty mightily powerful right
- an interjection expressing agreement
right right on right right on
- toward or on the right; also used figuratively
"he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"
right right
- precisely, exactly
"stand right here!"
right right
- completely
"she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"
right right
- immediately
"she called right after dinner"
right right
verb- make reparations or amends for
"right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
right compensate redress correct
- make right or correct
"Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
correct rectify right
- regain an upright or proper position
"The capsized boat righted again"
right
- put in or restore to an upright position
"They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
right
adjective- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
"the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
correct right
- correct in opinion or judgment
"time proved him right"
right correct
- socially right or correct
"it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
correct right
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
"what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
correct right
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
"a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
good right ripe
- appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
"everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"
proper right
- being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
"my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"
right
- in conformance with justice or law or morality
"do the right thing and confess"
right
- of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
right
- precisely accurate
"a veracious account"
veracious right
- (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
"the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"
right
- having the axis perpendicular to the base
"a right angle"
right
- intended for the right hand
"a right-hand glove"
right right-hand
- in or into a satisfactory condition
"things are right again now"; "put things right"
right
noun- a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
"take a right at the corner"
right
- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
right field rightfield right
- an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
"they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
right
- anything in accord with principles of justice
"he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"
right rightfulness
- the hand that is on the right side of the body
"he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"
right right hand
- those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
right right wing
- location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
"he stood on the right"
right
- (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
"mineral rights"; "film rights"
right
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University