aright

American  

[uh-rahyt] / əˈraɪt /

adverb

1. correctly; rightly; properly.

   I want to set things aright.

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aright British  

/ əˈraɪt /

adverb

1. correctly; rightly; properly

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Etymology

Origin of aright

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

Example Sentences

"Aright thou reckest," answered the Wazir Then the Chamberlain rose up in haste and Dandan also stood up to do him honour and brought him presents, which he conjured him to accept.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

How swift the flood, the mead, the wood, Aright, aleft are gone!

From The Princess of the School by Wiles, Frank

No king of mine is he—we are equal, weighed Aright in state, though here his throne stand higher.

From Locrine: a tragedy by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Aright hast thou thy share, For thou didst hear me friendship / unto these knights declare, And now the peace hast broken, / that I to them did give.

From The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original by Needler, George Henry

First Voice.Is it true besides— Aright true—that mine orient Star will give Her name of "Bright and Morning-Star" to Him,— And take the fairness of his virtue back To cover loss and sadness?

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett