right : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the act of granting rights
  accordance.
  
  • the accordance to Canada of rights of access

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• adjective satellite being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
  okay; hunky-dory; o.k.; ok; fine.
  
  • an all-right movie
  • the passengers were shaken up but are all right
  • is everything all right?
  • everything's fine
  • things are okay
  • dinner and the movies had been fine
  • another minute I'd have been fine
• adverb an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
  alright; OK; fine; very well.
  
• adverb without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)
  alright.
  
  • it's expensive all right
• adverb in a satisfactory or adequate manner; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right')
  alright; O.K.; okay.
  
  • she'll do okay on her own
  • held up all right under pressure

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• at once; right off. Obs. Chaucer.

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• at all points; in all respects. Obs. Chaucer.

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• so as to form a right angle or right angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly.

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• noun a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
  

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• a summary of rights and privileges claimed by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the several States.

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• rightly; properly; correctly.

  He should himself use it by right. Chaucer.

  I should have been a woman by right. Shak.

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• adverb by virtue of position
  ex officio.
  
  • the president sat on the committee ex officio

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• adverb with reason or justice
  properly.
  

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• noun right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality
  

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• noun a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
  civil rights activist; civil rights leader.
  

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• noun a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
  civil rights activist; civil rights leader.
  

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• noun movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens
  

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• noun a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
  civil rights activist; civil rights leader.
  

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• noun the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with human rights
  

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• noun the right of married persons to the enjoyment of association and sympathy and confidence and domestic happiness and the comfort of living together and eating meals at the same table and profiting from joint property right and the intimacies of domestic relations
  

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• noun the legal right in a prison for the inmate and spouse to have sexual intercourse
  conjugal visitation.
  

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• . (Eng. Hist) See Bill of rights, under Bill.

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• noun the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes
  divine right.
  
  • the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century

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• noun the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes
  divine right.
  
  • the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century

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• a name given to the patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people.

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• noun a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
  privilege; prerogative; perquisite.
  
  • suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males

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• noun an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
  ultraconservative; reactionary.
  

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• adjective satellite extremely conservative
  reactionist; reactionary.
  

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• noun the extreme right wing
  

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• (Scots Law), rights of the heir; rights to land or whatever may be intimately connected with land; realty.

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• noun (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
  

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• adverb by reason of one's own ability or ownership etc.
  in its own right; in his own right; in her own right.
  
  • she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance
  • an excellent novel in its own right

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• adjective satellite behaving responsibly
  in her right mind; in his right mind.
  

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• adverb by reason of one's own ability or ownership etc.
  in its own right; in his own right; in her own right.
  
  • she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance
  • an excellent novel in its own right

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• adjective satellite behaving responsibly
  in her right mind; in his right mind.
  

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• adverb by reason of one's own ability or ownership etc.
  in its own right; in his own right; in her own right.
  
  • she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance
  • an excellent novel in its own right

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• adverb by reason of one's own ability or ownership etc.
  in its own right; in his own right; in her own right.
  
  • she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance
  • an excellent novel in its own right

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• adjective satellite behaving responsibly
  in her right mind; in his right mind.
  

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• adverb in every detail
  to a T; to perfection; to the letter.
  
  • the new house suited them to a T

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• noun a right based in law
  

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• the right of taking minerals from land.

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• noun by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved
  
  • a peer in his own right
  • a leading sports figure in his own right
  • a fine opera in its own right

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• noun the right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention
  

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• . (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control of its manufacture . (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices or prerogatives.

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• rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property.

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• (Law), a petition to obtain possession or restitution of property, either real or personal, from the Crown, which suggests such a title as controverts the title of the Crown, grounded on facts disclosed in the petition itself. Mozley & W.

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• noun the right granting to shareholders the first opportunity to buy a new issue of stock; provides protection against dilution of the shareholder's ownership interest
  

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• noun the legal right of ownership
  

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• verb settle or put right
  straighten out; iron out.
  
  • we need to iron out our disagreements

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• (Zoöl.), a small New Zealand whale (Neobalæna marginata) which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone.

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• etc., the change in the apparent latitude, longitude, etc., of a heavenly body, due to the effect of atmospheric refraction.

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• noun United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools
  

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• adverb all the time or over a period of time
  all along.
  
  • She had known all along
  • the hope had been there all along

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• without cessation; continuously; as, to work right along for several hours. Colloq. U.S.

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• in both or all directions. Colloq.

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• (Pipe fitting), a coupling the opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw and a left-handed screw, respectivelly.

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• noun the 90 degree angle between two perpendicular lines
  

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• . (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC. (b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the axes of two great circles whose planes are perpendicular to each other.

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• noun (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere
  celestial longitude; RA.
  
  • one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees

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• . See under Ascension.

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• noun valve with three cusps; situated between the right atrium and the right ventricle; allows blood to pass from atrium to ventricle and closes to prevent backflow when the ventricle contracts
  tricuspid valve.
  

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• noun the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus
  atrium dextrum; right atrium.
  

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• noun the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus
  atrium dextrum; right atrium.
  

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• adverb without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
  straightaway; forthwith; like a shot; at once; straight off; directly; immediately; now; instantly.
  
  • he answered immediately
  • found an answer straightaway
  • an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith
  • Come here now!
• adverb at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence)
  promptly.
  
  • he promptly forgot the address

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• at once; straightway; without delay. Colloq. U.S. "We will . . . shut ourselves up in the office and do the work right off." D. Webster.

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• noun the region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine
  

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• noun the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body
  right brain.
  

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• (Politics), those members belonging to the Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with the Right on political questions. See Center, n., 5.

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• (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the axis of which is perpendicular to the base.

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• noun arises from the right aortic sinus; supplies the right side of the heart
  

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• noun the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
  rightfield; right.
  
• noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
  rightfield.
  

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• noun the person who plays right field
  

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• noun a branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature
  ateria gastrica dextra.
  

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• noun receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein
  pyloric vein; vena gastrica-dextra.
  

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• noun the hand that is on the right side of the body
  right.
  
  • he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left
  • hit him with quick rights to the body

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• noun a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left
  righthander; right hander.
  

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• noun the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body
  right brain.
  

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• 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.

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• . See under Line.

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• noun the legal right to sue
  

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• noun in probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statute
  

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• noun the legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner
  

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• noun a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
  copyright.
  

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• noun (banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default
  

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• noun a legal right (not explicitly provided in the United States Constitution) to be left alone; the right to live life free from unwarranted publicity
  

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• noun the legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)
  

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• noun the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them
  

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• noun the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else
  
• noun the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another
  
• noun the passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass
  

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• adverb an interjection expressing agreement
  right.
  

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• (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude, but not both. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

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• adjective satellite (Southern or Midland) considerable
  
  • it's a right smart distance
• adverb to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)
  way.
  
  • way over budget
  • way off base
  • the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on

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• (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in spherical projections, that position of the sphere in which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the equator.

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• noun the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience
  right stage.
  

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• noun a civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution
  

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• noun a right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution
  

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• noun a right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution; reaffirmed by the Fourteenth Amendment
  

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• noun the right to be free
  

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• noun the right to live
  

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• noun right to be free of unsanctioned intrusion
  

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• noun a civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution
  

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• noun the right to try to find happiness
  

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• noun a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
  vote; suffrage.
  
  • American women got the vote in 1920

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• noun a triangle with one right angle
  right triangle.
  

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• noun the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk
  

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• noun large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
  

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Right" whale`

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balæna mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balæna cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale.

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• noun those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
  right.
  

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Right"-a*bout` noun

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1. A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turn to the right-about. Sir W. Scott.

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• adjective satellite forming a right angle or containing one or more right angles
  
  • a right-angled bend

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Right"-an`gled adjective

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1. Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.

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• noun a triangle with one right angle
  right triangle.
  

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• adjective satellite complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
  sheer; rank; downright; out-and-out; absolute.
  
  • absolute freedom
  • an absolute dimwit
  • a downright lie
  • out-and-out mayhem
  • an out-and-out lie
  • a rank outsider
  • many right-down vices
  • got the job through sheer persistence
  • sheer stupidity
• adverb positively
  
  • a regular right-down bad 'un"--Charles Dickens

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• adjective satellite having only the right eye
  

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• adjective satellite located on or directed toward the right
  
  • a right-hand turn
• adjective satellite intended for the right hand
  right.
  
  • a right-hand glove
• adjective satellite most helpful and reliable
  
  • my right-hand man

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Right"-hand` adjective

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1. Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.
2. Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.

   Mr. Alexander Truncheon, who is their right-hand man in the troop. Addison.

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• noun the most helpful assistant
  man Friday; chief assistant.
  

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• adjective using or intended for the right hand
  
  • a right-handed batter
  • right-handed scissors
• adjective satellite rotating to the right
  dextrorotatory; dextrorotary.
  

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• noun (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand
  right-handed pitcher.
  

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• noun preference for using the right hand
  dextrality.
  

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Right"-hand`ed*ness noun

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1. The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.

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• noun (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand
  right-handed pitcher.
  
• noun a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left
  righthander; right hander.
  

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Right"-heart`ed adjective

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1. Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n.

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Right"-lined` adjective

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1. Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.

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• adjective satellite disposed toward or having views based on what is right
  
  • respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have"- Bertrand Russell

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Right"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness, n.

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Right"-run`ning adjective

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1. Straight; direct.

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• adjective satellite of fabric or clothing
  

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• adjective satellite of objects having a top and bottom
  

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• adjective satellite believing in or supporting tenets of the political right
  rightist.
  

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• noun a member of a right wing political party
  rightist.
  

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• noun an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later
  rights issue.
  
  • the investment banker who handles a rights offering usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders

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• noun an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later
  rights issue.
  
  • the investment banker who handles a rights offering usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders

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• noun right of access to water
  riparian right.
  

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• noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
  conscience; scruples; moral sense.
  

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• noun reserve assets in the International Monetary Fund; designed to supplement reserves of gold and convertible currencies used to maintain stability in the foreign exchange market
  paper gold.
  

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• noun the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience
  right stage.
  

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• the rights of the several independent States, as distinguished from the rights of the Federal government. It has been a question as to what rights have been vested in the general government. U.S.

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• noun a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states
  
• noun the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
  

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• noun a former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman
  Dixiecrats.
  

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• noun the right of a shareholder in a company to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the public
  

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• adverb in the right manner
  right; decent; in good order; decently; properly.
  
  • please do your job properly!
  • can't you carry me decent?

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• (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide.

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• to arrange in proper order; to settle or compose rightly.

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• (Naut.), to restore her to an upright position after careening.

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• (Naut.), to place it in line with the keel.
• to put it amidships.

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• . (a) In a direct line; straight. R. Woodward. (b) At once; directly. Obs. or Colloq. Swift.

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• to cause to turn toward the opposite point or quarter; hence, of troops, to cause to turn and retreat. Colloq.

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• to treat, or cause to befall one, according to his deserts; used commonly of ill deserts; as, it serves the scoundrel right;

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• to correct; to put in order.

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• to put in good order; to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order.

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• (Mil.), to extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops, to the right or left.

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• noun the interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property
  undivided interest.
  

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• noun the right granted by a court to a parent (or other relative) who is deprived of custody of a child to visit the child on a regular basis
  

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• noun the right to vote; especially the right of a common shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of a company
  

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• noun right of access to water
  riparian right.
  

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• noun a writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner
  

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• (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner. Blackstone.

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