adj
Meaning 1
Obsolete spelling of righteous .
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
rightwise
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Received-Pronunciation: rītʹwīz
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtwaɪz/
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US: rītʹwīz'
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US: /ˈɹaɪtˌwaɪz/
adj
Meaning 2
Rightward (to or from the right side); on the right side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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adj
Meaning 3
Clockwise, moving clockwise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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adv
Meaning 4
Rightly (correctly or justly); rightfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
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adv
Meaning 5
By a rightward path; rightwards, rightwardly; clockwise (in a clockwise manner).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
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verb
Meaning 6
Archaic spelling of righteous (“make righteous; justify religiously, absolve from sin”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic, rare
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History
Etymology
From Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just; right, justifiable”), corresponding to right + -wise. The second element was later confused with or assimilated to -ous, leading to the modern spelling righteous.
From right + -wise.
Presumably from Old English rihtwīs, reinforced by reanalysis as right + wise.