(a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.
(a.) Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not
oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man
in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.
(a.) Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not
spurious.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated;
correctly done.
(a.) Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of
a piece of cloth.
(adv.) In a right manner.
(adv.) 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.
(adv.) Exactly; just.
(adv.) According to the law or will of God; conforming to the
standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge
right.
(adv.) According to any rule of art; correctly.
(adv.) According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really;
correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right.
(adv.) In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely;
highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.
(a.) That which is right or correct.
(a.) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful
authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of
moral wrong.
(a.) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence
to truth or fact.
(a.) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper;
justice; uprightness; integrity.
(a.) That to which one has a just claim.
(a.) That which one has a natural claim to exact.
(a.) 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.
(a.) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim
to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of
property; title; claim; interest; ownership.
(a.) Privilege or immunity granted by authority.
(a.) The right side; the side opposite to the left.
(a.) In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those
members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center,
5.
(a.) The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of
cloth, a carpet, etc.
(a.) 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.
(a.) 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.
(v. i.) To recover the proper or natural condition or position;
to become upright.
(v. i.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat,
after careening.
