aright
1
9.9
- adverb
- /əˈraɪt/
- Archaic
:
correctamente
- And we're going up there and set things aright.
- set things aright
Examples
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We cannot pursue liberal education aright by being academic dandies.
Academic text (1990) -
Congress can't meet unless I set things aright.
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Report me and my cause aright.
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As long as you are living, you have a chance to see things aright.
Blog text (13) -
"Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom...
Blog text (27) -
As for the host of labor, it has been in the dirt since history began, and I read history aright.
Blog text (17) -
Regulations have been passed and governing organizations created to set the problem aright.
Academic text (1993) -
She had to try to set things aright for him.
Fiction book (1994) -
Let us stand aright before our Creator and not consider doing what is displeasing unto God!
Blog text (4) -
If I understand you aright, you are angry because he does not speak to you.
Synonyms
686
1.0
To do something in the right way
451
1.0
In the right way without making mistakes
163
3.0
In a correct and exact way
11
4.9
In a perfect way with no mistakes
8
2.8
In a very good way that shows a lot of skill
Antonyms
How Correct
- Archaic
1
9.9
57
1.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Aright comes from the old prefix a- meaning 'in' or 'on', as you see in awake, and right meaning 'correct'. So, to do something aright is to do it 'in the right way'.