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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Right \Right\, adv.
1. In a right manner.
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2. 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.
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Unto Dian's temple goeth she right. --Chaucer.
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Let thine eyes look right on. --Prov. iv.
25.
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Right across its track there lay,
Down in the water, a long reef of gold. --Tennyson.
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3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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Came he right now to sing a raven's note? --Shak.
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4. According to the law or will of God; conforming to the
standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live
right; to judge right.
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5. According to any rule of art; correctly.
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You with strict discipline instructed right.
--Roscommon.
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6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really;
correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. ``Right at
mine own cost.'' --Chaucer.
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Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. --Chaucer.
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His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught.
--Fairfax.
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7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely;
highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. ``He
was not right fat''. --Chaucer.
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For which I should be right sorry. --Tyndale.
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[I] return those duties back as are right fit.
--Shak.
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Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right
honorable; right reverend.
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Right honorable, 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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Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as
upright, downright, forthright, etc.
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Right along, without cessation; continuously; as, to work
right along for several hours. [Colloq. U.S.]
Right away, or Right off, 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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as
upright, downright, forthright, etc.
Right along, without cessation; continuously; as, to work
right along for several hours. [Colloq. U.S.]
Right away, or Right off, at once; straightway; without
delay. [Colloq. U.S.] ``We will . . . shut ourselves up in
the office and do the work right off.'' --D. Webster.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
right off
adv.
at once; immediately
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
right off
adv.
at once; immediately
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
right off
adv.
at once; immediately
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
right off
adv.
at once; immediately
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
right off
Englanti adv.
heti, suoraan, suoralta kädeltä
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
right off /ɹˈaɪt ˈɒf/
1. rögtön
2. máris
3. azonnal
4. tüstént
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
立刻,立即,马上
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