Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
righteous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Righteous.
- transitive verb obsolete To make righteous.
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- adverb rare By a
rightward path; rightwards, rightwardly;clockwise (in a clockwise manner). - adjective rare
Rightward (to or from the right side); on the right side. - adjective rare
Clockwise , moving clockwise. - adverb rare
Rightly (correctly orjustly );rightfully .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Whoso pulleth this sword of this stone and anvil,” he intoned, “is rightwise King born of all Britain.”
Stone and Anvil Peter David 2003
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Christmas, upon pain of cursing; and for this cause, that Jesus, that was born on that night, that he would of his great mercy show some miracle, as he was come to be king of mankind, for to show some miracle who should be rightwise king of this realm.
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God will have it so; for there should never man have drawn out this sword, but he that shall be rightwise king of this land.
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Hellenes carry the hand from the left to the right, the Egyptians do this from the right to the left; and doing so they say that they do it themselves rightwise and the Hellenes leftwise: and they use two kinds of characters for writing, of which the one kind is called sacred and the other common. 278 37.
The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003
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Christmas time, since God of His great mercy would at that time show by miracle who should be rightwise king of the realm.
Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" U. Waldo Cutler
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The sword had letters of gold written on it, which read: "Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England."
How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell Sara Cone Bryant
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'He that is rightwise born ruler of Britain is not here,' said the archbishop at length, 'but doubt not he shall come in God's good time.
King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Henry Gilbert
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Latin, which a clerk read forth, which said, 'Whoso pulleth this sword out of this stone and wedge of steel is rightwise born King of all
King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Henry Gilbert
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Written in gold about the sword were letters that read thus: "Whoso pulleth out this sword from this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England."
Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" U. Waldo Cutler
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` ` For God will have it so, '' said Ector; ` ` never man should have drawn out this sword but he that shall be rightwise king of this land.
How to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to Tell 1915
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