right

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   very, regional use common to the southern United States

   That is a right fine whiskey.

2. 2
   adv

   immediately

   I called right after dinner.

3. 3
   adv

   an interjection expressing agreement

   Right on, man!

4. 4
   adv

   precisely, exactly

   stand right here!

5. 5
   adv

   completely

   You've felt right at home ever since you bought that new TV.

6. 6
   adv

   in accordance with moral or social standards

   That serves you right.

7. 7
   adj

   correct in opinion or judgment

   Time proved them right.

8. 8
   adj

   having the axis perpendicular to the base

   a right angle

Etymology

From Middle English right, from Old English riht, reht (“right,” also the word for “straight” and “direct”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”). The Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian rjocht (“right”), Dutch recht (“straight”), German recht and Recht (“right”), Luxembourgish Recht, riets (“right”), riicht (“straight”), Yiddish רעכט (rekht, “right”), Danish ret (“right”), F…