Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.
Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.
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.
Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.
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.
Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.
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.
Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.
Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth.
In a right manner.
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.
Exactly; just.
According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.
According to any rule of art; correctly.
According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right.
In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.
That which is right or correct.
A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.
That to which one has a just claim.
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.
The right side; the side opposite to the left.
Privilege or immunity granted by authority.
In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.
The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
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.
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.
To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.
Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.
Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; - said both of persons and things.
Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.
Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
Precisely; exactly; - in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.
Closely; nearly; almost.
Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
To joust.
A joust.
