2. 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.
Chaucer.
Let thine eyes look right on.
Prov. iv. 25.
Right across its track there lay,
Down in the water, a long reef of gold.
Tennyson. 3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Came he right now to sing a raven's note?
Shak. 4. According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to
live right; to judge right.
5. According to any rule of art; correctly.
You with strict discipline instructed right.
Roscommon. 6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. "Right at mine
own cost." Chaucer.
Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye.
Chaucer.
His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught.
Fairfax. 7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.
"He was not right fat". Chaucer.
For which I should be right sorry.
Tyndale.
[I] return those duties back as are right fit.
Shak. In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right honorable; right reverend.
Right honorable, a title given in England to peers and peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters
of such peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as
the lord mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin.
Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as upright, downright, forthright, etc.
Right along, without cessation; continuously; as, to work right along for several hours. [Colloq. U.S.] —
Right away, or Right off, at once; straightway; without delay. [Colloq. U.S.] "We will . . . shut ourselves
up in the office and do the work right off." D. Webster.
Right
(Right) n. [AS. right. See Right, a.]
1. That which is right or correct. Specifically: (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to
lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, — the opposite of moral wrong. (b) A true statement; freedom
from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact.
Seldom your opinions err;
Your eyes are always in the right.
Prior. (c) 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.
Dryden.
