Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In a proper manner; correctly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rightly; in a right way or form; without error or fault.
- To or toward the right hand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Rightly ,correctly ; in the right way or form. - verb transitive To make
right ; put right;arrange ortreat properly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an accurate manner
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The poor man is not (if we use the term aright) the fellow of the rich one; but he is a being of another species.
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The poor man is not (if we use the term aright) the fellow of the rich one; but he is the being of another species.
American Institutions and Their Influence Alexis de Tocqueville 1832
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(if we use the term aright) the fellow of the rich one; but he is a being of another species.
Democracy in America — Volume 1 Alexis de Tocqueville 1832
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Now I understand that resolving aright is very important.
Gretchen Rubin: 6 Tips for Sticking to Your Resolutions Gretchen Rubin 2010
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Now I understand that resolving aright is very important.
Gretchen Rubin: 6 Tips for Sticking to Your Resolutions Gretchen Rubin 2010
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Now I understand that resolving aright is very important.
Gretchen Rubin: 6 Tips for Sticking to Your Resolutions Gretchen Rubin 2010
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Half an hour later, returning, from setting the cabin aright, to the steerage for Kwaque to serve him with a bottle of beer,
CHAPTER X 2010
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Heads up – actually, Microsoft has long had something better called the MSDNAA if I recall the acronym aright which also operates in Australia.
Free Microsoft developer tools for Aussie university students | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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"As a rule, they go asexual-celibate, if I remember your word aright," I told her.
Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981
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This, if I have understood it aright, is not the purpose of the Nobel Lecture either, for it should serve far more to give the lay public a glimpse into the world of thought and work of the research scientist, just as the distinguished founder of this prize was a layman himself.
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