aright

[ uh-rahyt ]

adverb

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

Origin of aright

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

Words Nearby aright

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How to use aright in a sentence

At best, the artist gives us a fine-grained picture of her subjects, a picture that allows us to see them aright.
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Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
It offers, to those who see it aright, the most perplexing industrial paradox ever presented in the history of mankind.
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It was published, if I remember aright, at two shillings per volume; an event that stirred the country.
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And, it is also commanded in those denunciations that are uttered against such as do not perform it aright.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John Cunningham

When the true state of the case was ascertained, her course was directed aright, and full steam let on.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for aright

aright

/ (əˈraɪt) /

adverb

correctly; rightly; properly

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