aright

[uh-rahyt]

adverb

rightly; correctly; properly: I want to set things aright.

Origin of aright

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

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Contemporary Examples of aright

At best, the artist gives us a fine-grained picture of her subjects, a picture that allows us to see them aright.
Tears of Gaza: Why Context Matters
Sigal Samuel
September 25, 2012

Historical Examples of aright

But to remember them aright, I would forget what they have cast off.
Chippings With A Chisel (From "Twice Told Tales")
Nathaniel Hawthorne
That same is to be blamed, neither hast thou done it aright.
Albert Durer
T. Sturge Moore
This was the man who had given him what might have been his chance, had he only been able to use it aright.
Murder Point
Coningsby Dawson
And to nerve our arms a woman's honour, and to guide us aright, the watchword: "Home!"
The House Under the Sea
Sir Max Pemberton
I will see her to-night with my own eyes, and mayhap be able to read her aright.'
Gerald Fitzgerald
Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for aright

aright

adverb

correctly; rightly; properly

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Word Origin and History for aright

adv.

"in a correct way," Old English ariht, from a- (1) "of" + right (adj.).