right
precisely, exactly
How often you will meet it
Rank 164 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 146,601 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.070% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adverb
- precisely, exactly stand right here!
- immediately she called right after dinner
- exactly also: flop he fell flop on his face
- toward or on the right; also used figuratively he looked right and leftthe party has moved right
- in the right manner; correctly; suitably also: properly, decently, decent please do your job properly!can't you carry me decent?
- an interjection expressing agreement also: right on
right in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I haven't a right to so much of you even.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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She took the elevator and was presently at the right door.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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Your aunt was quite right in what she said of him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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He had worked as teamster and had bought and sold anything to anybody right and left.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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I said right out: ‘You’re an old woman, Emily, and there’s no fool like an old fool.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1