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1. -right suf.

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A suffix occurring in adverbs and (less frequently) in adjectives inherited from OE or formed in ME. The sense 'straight, straightforward, direct' of OE -riht, forming adjectives, is preserved in ME……

2. westright adv.

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Due westward, straight westward; also, as prep.: to the west of (sb.) [1st quot.]. …

3. irighte adv.

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(a) Properly, duly; (b) to what is right, aright; (c) straight. …

4. hẹ̄r-right(e adv.

Additional spellings: herright, her-righte, herrighte
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Right here, here on this spot; ?also, here and now, immediately. …

5. thē̆r-right(e adv.

Additional spellings: therright, ther-righte, therrighte
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) With ref. to a loosely defined place: right there, on the spot, in that very place; (b) with ref. to a temporal sequence or set of circumstances: right then, immediately; also, in the near future……

6. right(e adv.

Additional spellings: righte
478 quotations in 12 senses
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As intensifier with adverbs: exactly, precisely, just: (a) right an-on (nou-þe), tho right, at once, immediately [see also an-on adv. & conj.1.(b), nou-þe adv.1.(a)]; right nou (so, then, tho), just……

7. righten v.

116 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To straighten (sth., a path); make right (deformed limbs), make normal, restore; also iron. [quot.: Lay.Brut]; righten oute, straighten out (stiffened limbs); (b) to stand up straight, rise……

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