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aright

[ uh-rahyt ]

adverb

  1. correctly; rightly; properly:

    I want to set things aright.



aright

/ əˈraɪt /

adverb

  1. correctly; rightly; properly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aright1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English ariht, on riht. See a- 1, right
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Example Sentences

At best, the artist gives us a fine-grained picture of her subjects, a picture that allows us to see them aright.

Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.

It offers, to those who see it aright, the most perplexing industrial paradox ever presented in the history of mankind.

It was published, if I remember aright, at two shillings per volume; an event that stirred the country.

And, it is also commanded in those denunciations that are uttered against such as do not perform it aright.

When the true state of the case was ascertained, her course was directed aright, and full steam let on.

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