Aright
[ə'raɪt]
Definition
(adv.) Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.
Inputed by Elsa
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Rightly, without error or mistake.
Typist: Lottie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Right, well, rightly, correctly, truly, properly, uprightly, unexceptionably,justly, suitably, appropriately
ANT:Wrongly, awry, incorrectly, improperly, defectively, erroneously
Checker: Shelia
Definition
adv. in a right way: rightly.
Typist: Nadine
Examples
- I will hover near, and direct the steel aright. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I suppose, were all things ordered aright, they ought not to be in a position to need that humiliating relief; and this they feel. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Ye have been present neither at the prayer nor preaching, ma'am, if I have observed aright. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I at present think, that whoever attempts this aright, and is well qualified, cannot fail of pleasing God and of meeting with success. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- You guessed aright in supposing that I would not be a _mute in that play_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Or, if you are competent to judge aright the signs I never fail to show you when he appears among you, is your superior honesty your qualification? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I beg your worship's pardon,' said Mr. Bumble, incredulous of having heard aright. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The Austrian statesmen read him aright. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was lost, if I remember aright, at the Hotel Cosmopolitan, I remarked. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Nadine