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Righter and Right Definitions

Righter

Conforming with or conformable to justice, law, or morality
Do the right thing and confess.

Right

Conforming with or conformable to justice, law, or morality
Do the right thing and confess.

Righter

In accordance with fact, reason, or truth; correct
The right answer.

Right

In accordance with fact, reason, or truth; correct
The right answer.

Righter

Fitting, proper, or appropriate
It is not right to leave the party without saying goodbye.
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Right

Fitting, proper, or appropriate
It is not right to leave the party without saying goodbye.

Righter

Most favorable, desirable, or convenient
The right time to act.

Right

Most favorable, desirable, or convenient
The right time to act.

Righter

In or into a satisfactory state or condition
Put things right.

Right

In or into a satisfactory state or condition
Put things right.
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Righter

In good mental or physical health or order.

Right

In good mental or physical health or order.

Righter

Intended to be worn or positioned facing outward or toward an observer
The right side of the dress.
Made sure that the right side of the fabric was visible.

Right

Intended to be worn or positioned facing outward or toward an observer
The right side of the dress.
Made sure that the right side of the fabric was visible.

Righter

Of, belonging to, located on, or being the side of the body to the south when the subject is facing east.

Right

Of, belonging to, located on, or being the side of the body to the south when the subject is facing east.

Righter

Of, relating to, directed toward, or located on the right side.

Right

Of, relating to, directed toward, or located on the right side.

Righter

Located on the right side of a person facing downstream
The right bank of a river.

Right

Located on the right side of a person facing downstream
The right bank of a river.

Righter

Often Right Of or belonging to the political or intellectual right.

Right

Often Right Of or belonging to the political or intellectual right.

Righter

Formed by or in reference to a line or plane that is perpendicular to another line or plane.

Right

Formed by or in reference to a line or plane that is perpendicular to another line or plane.

Righter

Having the axis perpendicular to the base
Right cone.

Right

Having the axis perpendicular to the base
Right cone.

Righter

Having a right angle
A right triangle.

Right

Having a right angle
A right triangle.

Righter

Straight; uncurved; direct
A right line.

Right

Straight; uncurved; direct
A right line.

Righter

(Archaic) Not spurious; genuine.

Right

(Archaic) Not spurious; genuine.

Righter

That which is just, moral, or proper.

Right

That which is just, moral, or proper.

Righter

The direction or position on the right side.

Right

The direction or position on the right side.

Righter

The right side.

Right

The right side.

Righter

The right hand.

Right

The right hand.

Righter

A turn in the direction of the right hand or side.

Right

A turn in the direction of the right hand or side.

Righter

The people and groups who advocate the adoption of conservative or reactionary measures, especially in government and politics. Also called right wing.

Right

The people and groups who advocate the adoption of conservative or reactionary measures, especially in government and politics. Also called right wing.

Righter

The opinion of those advocating such measures.

Right

The opinion of those advocating such measures.

Righter

(Sports) A blow delivered by a boxer's right hand.

Right

(Sports) A blow delivered by a boxer's right hand.

Righter

(Baseball) Right field.

Right

(Baseball) Right field.

Righter

A just or legal claim or title.

Right

A just or legal claim or title.

Righter

Something that is due to a person or governmental body by law, tradition, or nature.

Right

Something that is due to a person or governmental body by law, tradition, or nature.

Righter

Something, especially humane treatment, claimed to be due to animals by moral principle.

Right

Something, especially humane treatment, claimed to be due to animals by moral principle.

Righter

An existing stockholder's legally protected claim to purchase additional shares in a corporation ahead of those who are not currently stockholders, especially at a cost lower than market value.

Right

An existing stockholder's legally protected claim to purchase additional shares in a corporation ahead of those who are not currently stockholders, especially at a cost lower than market value.

Righter

The negotiable paper on which such an entitlement is indicated.

Right

The negotiable paper on which such an entitlement is indicated.

Righter

Toward or on the right.

Right

Toward or on the right.

Righter

In a straight line; directly
Went right to school.

Right

In a straight line; directly
Went right to school.

Righter

In the proper or desired manner; well
The jacket doesn't fit right.

Right

In the proper or desired manner; well
The jacket doesn't fit right.

Righter

Exactly; just
The accident happened right over there.

Right

Exactly; just
The accident happened right over there.

Righter

Immediately
Called me right after dinner.

Right

Immediately
Called me right after dinner.

Righter

Completely; quite
The icy wind blew right through me.

Right

Completely; quite
The icy wind blew right through me.

Righter

According to law, morality, or justice.

Right

According to law, morality, or justice.

Righter

Accurately; correctly
Answered the question right.

Right

Accurately; correctly
Answered the question right.

Righter

Chiefly Southern US Considerably; very
They have a right nice place.

Right

Chiefly Southern US Considerably; very
They have a right nice place.

Righter

Used as an intensive
Kept right on going.

Right

Used as an intensive
Kept right on going.

Righter

Used in titles
The Right Reverend Jane Smith.

Right

Used in titles
The Right Reverend Jane Smith.

Righter

To put in or restore to an upright or proper position
They righted their boat.

Right

To put in or restore to an upright or proper position
They righted their boat.

Righter

To put in order or set right; correct
Measures designed to right generations of unfair labor practices.

Right

To put in order or set right; correct
Measures designed to right generations of unfair labor practices.

Righter

To make reparation or amends for; redress
Right a wrong.

Right

To make reparation or amends for; redress
Right a wrong.

Righter

To regain an upright or proper position.

Right

To regain an upright or proper position.

Righter

One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong.

Right

(archaic) Straight, not bent.
A right line

Righter

One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong.

Right

(geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.

Right

(geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
A right triangle, a right prism, a right cone

Right

Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.

Right

Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
Is this the right software for my computer?

Right

Healthy, sane, competent.
I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.

Right

Real; veritable (used emphatically).
You've made a right mess of the kitchen!

Right

(Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.

Right

(dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.

Right

Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.

Right

(geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.

Right

Designed to be placed or worn outward.
The right side of a piece of cloth

Right

(politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

Right

On the right side.

Right

Towards the right side.

Right

Exactly, precisely.
The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.

Right

Immediately, directly.
Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.

Right

Very, extremely, quite.
I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.

Right

According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.

Right

In a correct manner.
Do it right or don't do it at all.

Right

To a great extent or degree.
Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.

Right

Yes, that is correct; I agree.

Right

I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.

Right

Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.
- Right — who wants lunch?

Right

Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
You're going, right?

Right

Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.

Right

That which complies with justice, law or reason.
We're on the side of right in this contest.

Right

A legal, just or moral entitlement.
You have no right to go through my personal diary.

Right

The right side or direction.
The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.

Right

The right hand or fist.

Right

The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.

Right

(politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
The political right holds too much power.

Right

The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

Right

(surfing) A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).

Right

(transitive) To correct.
Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.

Right

(transitive) To set upright.
The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.

Right

(intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
When the wind died down, the ship righted.

Right

(transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
To right the oppressed

Right

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

Right

Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.

Right

Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.

Right

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.

Right

Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.
In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians.

Right

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.
If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is . . . right, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die."

Right

Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.
The lady has been disappointed on the right side.

Right

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.

Right

Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.

Right

Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth.
"Right," cries his lordship.

Right

In a right manner.

Right

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.
Let thine eyes look right on.
Right across its track there lay,Down in the water, a long reef of gold.

Right

Exactly; just.
Came he right now to sing a raven's note?

Right

According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.

Right

According to any rule of art; correctly.
You with strict discipline instructed right.

Right

According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right.
Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye.
His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught.

Right

In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.
For which I should be right sorry.
[I] return those duties back as are right fit.

Right

That which is right or correct.
Seldom your opinions err;Your eyes are always in the right.

Right

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.

Right

That to which one has a just claim.
There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties.

Right

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.
Born free, he sought his right.
Hast thou not right to all created things?
Men have no right to what is not reasonable.

Right

The right side; the side opposite to the left.
Led her to the Souldan's right.

Right

Privilege or immunity granted by authority.

Right

In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.

Right

The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
He should himself use it by right.
I should have been a woman by right.

Right

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.

Right

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.
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.

Right

To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.

Right

Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.

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
A right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away

Right

(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing;
Mineral rights
Film rights

Right

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

A turn to the right;
Take a right at the corner

Right

Those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

Right

Anything in accord with principles of justice;
He feels he is in the right
The rightfulness of his claim

Right

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

The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right

Right

Make reparations or amends for;
Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust

Right

Put in or restore to an upright position;
They righted the sailboat that had capsized

Right

Regain an upright or proper position;
The capsized boat righted again

Right

Make right or correct;
Correct the mistakes
Rectify the calculation

Right

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

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

Socially right or correct;
It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
Correct behavior

Right

In conformance with justice or law or morality;
Do the right thing and confess

Right

Correct in opinion or judgment;
Time proved him right

Right

Appropriate for a condition or occasion;
Everything in its proper place
The right man for the job
She is not suitable for the position

Right

Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left

Right

In or into a satisfactory condition;
Things are right again now
Put things right

Right

Intended for the right hand;
A right-hand glove

Right

In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
What's the right word for this?
The right way to open oysters

Right

Having the axis perpendicular to the base;
A right angle

Right

Of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward;
The right side of the cloth showed the pattern
Be sure your shirt is right side out

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

Right

Precisely, exactly;
Stand right here!

Right

Immediately;
She called right after dinner

Right

Exactly;
He fell flop on his face

Right

Toward or on the right; also used figuratively;
He looked right and left
The party has moved right

Right

In the right manner;
Please do your job properly!
Can't you carry me decent?

Right

An interjection expressing agreement

Right

Completely;
She felt right at home
He fell right into the trap

Right

(Southern regional intensive) very;
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

Right

In accordance with moral or social standards;
That serves him right
Do right by him

Right

In a correct manner;
He guessed right

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