From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
right away
adv 1: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening;
"he answered immediately"; "found an answer
straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should
be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn:
{immediately}, {instantly}, {straightaway}, {straight
off}, {directly}, {now}, {right away}, {at once},
{forthwith}, {like a shot}]
2: at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); "he
promptly forgot the address" [syn: {promptly}, {right away}]
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