Right Definition
- tories
- republican party
- republicans
- old-guard
- traditionalists
- blameless
- just
- accurate
- correct
- by one's own authority
- acting as one's own agent
- individually
- in fairness
- justly
- properly
Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- In a just or proper manner; justly.
- Through the force of one's own skills or qualifications.
- From all directions or on every side:
criticism coming right and left; questions raised from right and left.
- Immediately; at once; without delay.
- Used as an exclamation of encouragement, support, or enthusiastic agreement.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Right
Origin of Right
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From Middle English right (“right"), from Old English riht, reht (“right"), from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right, direct"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct"). An Indo-European past participle, it became a Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period. Cognate with West Frisian rjocht, Dutch recht, German recht/Recht, Swedish rätt and rät, Danish ret, Norwegian rett, and Icelandic rétt. The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek ὀρεκτός, Latin rectus, Albanian drejt and the Sanskrit ऋत (á¹›tá).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English riht reg- in Indo-European roots N., sense 3, from the fact that conservatives sit on the right side of the legislative chamber in various assemblies
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English rihtan (“to straighten, judge, set upright, set right"), from riht, from the same ultimate source as Etymology 1, above.
From Wiktionary
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