Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adv
Rightly, correctly; in the right way or form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adv
To or on the right-hand side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To make right; put right; arrange or treat properly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adverb
in an accurate manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: correctly, right
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English ariȝt, ariht, from Old English āriht (“aright, properly”), from earlier *an riht, on riht (“rightly”), corresponding to a- + right.
From Middle English arighten, arihten (“to raise up”); and Middle English iriȝten, irihten, ȝerihten (“to make right, correct, erect”), from Old English ġerihtan (“to set right”), equivalent to a- + right.
