rule-rightadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈruːlˌrʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈrulˌraɪt/

Forms: see rule n.¹ and right adj. and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rule n.¹, right adj.

Etymology: < rule n.¹ + right adj. In sense 2 perhaps after German regelrecht regular, according to a rule (beginning of the 19th cent., common in 19th- and early 20th-cent. linguistic discourse; now usually only in sense ‘veritable’). Compare earlier line-right adj.

†1. As straight or exact as a rule. Also as adv.: exactly, precisely. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > straightness > [adjective]

rightOE

straightc1350

rightfulc1384

line-rightc1400

rule-righta1450

streckc1480

unbent1483

straight forth1536

unwried1558

steel-straighta1560

untwisted1575

uncurled1597

rectified1598

cornerless1605

uncrooked1611

unbended1648

retent1656

uninflected1713

curveless1800

arrow-straight1834

unconvoluted1839

unwarped1855

curlless1861

undistorted1881

poker-straight1949

the world > space > relative position > quality or fact of being in a line (with) > [adverb]

rule-righta1450

diametrallya1593

square1631

squarely1802

collinearly1863

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]

rightlyeOE

righteOE

evenOE

evenlya1225

redlyc1275

justicelya1375

justilya1375

justlya1375

redilya1375

trulya1375

properlya1382

precisec1392

preciselyc1392

truec1392

straitlya1395

leala1400

arightc1405

by linec1420

justlyc1425

featlya1450

rule-righta1450

to the letter?1495

exquisitely1526

evenliklya1530

very1530

absolutely1538

jump1539

just1568

accurately1581

punctually1581

jumplya1586

arights1596

just so1601

plumb1601

compassly1606

nicelya1616

squarely1626

justa1631

adequately1632

mathematicallya1638

critically1655

exquisitively1660

just1665

pointedly1667

faithfully1690

correctlya1704

jus1801

jest1815

jes1851

neat1875

cleanly1883

on the nose1883

smack-dab1892

spot on1920

forensically1974

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 17 (MED) Þat þe eyȝe and þe wil and þe hand be rule riȝt [L. consentiat] according to þat þat schal be smyȝten.

1587 Sc. Acts Parl. (1814) III. 522/1 To be maid inwith plane and iust rewll richt.

1587 Sc. Acts Parl. (1814) III. 522/1 A plane syde Q[uhi]lk sall gang rewll richt w^t the edge of þe firlot.

2. Linguistics. Of a word, form, or feature: having mutated or developed according to a particular rule; regular.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] > conforming to a standard rule

rightOE

justc1384

verya1425

orderly1542

ruled1551

normatic1598

formal1635

solemn1639

regular1643

mathematical1776

reglementary1800

rule-right1877

1877 J. Rhys Lect. Welsh Philol. i. 10 He points out in the two first letters of the Irish word eorna, barley, the rule-right Irish representative of Greek ζειά.

1882 J. Rhŷs Celtic Brit. 292 [This] would be the rule-right equivalent of the Latin genitive lateris.

1902 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1900–02 6 143 The th is the Irish rule-right mutation from the t which we have in Meutini.

1915 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 9 143 The phonologist has always experienced difficulty in comparing Old English ‘Ætla’ and Old Icelandic ‘Atli’ (which are rule-right equations) with Middle-High German ‘Etzele’.

1989 M. McDonald ‘We are not French!’ II. vi. 111 A hypothetical, original ‘Celtic’ form..will then, according to the rules of its own establishment, in perfect tautology, regenerate rule-right modern forms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rule-right
释义	rule-rightadj.adv. Brit. /ˈruːlˌrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈrulˌraɪt/ Forms: see rule n.¹ and right adj. and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rule n.¹, right adj. Etymology: < rule n.¹ + right adj. In sense 2 perhaps after German regelrecht regular, according to a rule (beginning of the 19th cent., common in 19th- and early 20th-cent. linguistic discourse; now usually only in sense ‘veritable’). Compare earlier line-right adj. †1. As straight or exact as a rule. Also as adv.: exactly, precisely. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > straightness > [adjective] rightOE straightc1350 rightfulc1384 line-rightc1400 rule-righta1450 streckc1480 unbent1483 straight forth1536 unwried1558 steel-straighta1560 untwisted1575 uncurled1597 rectified1598 cornerless1605 uncrooked1611 unbended1648 retent1656 uninflected1713 curveless1800 arrow-straight1834 unconvoluted1839 unwarped1855 curlless1861 undistorted1881 poker-straight1949 the world > space > relative position > quality or fact of being in a line (with) > [adverb] rule-righta1450 diametrallya1593 square1631 squarely1802 collinearly1863 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 17 (MED) Þat þe eyȝe and þe wil and þe hand be rule riȝt [L. consentiat] according to þat þat schal be smyȝten. 1587 Sc. Acts Parl. (1814) III. 522/1 To be maid inwith plane and iust rewll richt. 1587 Sc. Acts Parl. (1814) III. 522/1 A plane syde Q[uhi]lk sall gang rewll richt w^t the edge of þe firlot. 2. Linguistics. Of a word, form, or feature: having mutated or developed according to a particular rule; regular. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] > conforming to a standard rule rightOE justc1384 verya1425 orderly1542 ruled1551 normatic1598 formal1635 solemn1639 regular1643 mathematical1776 reglementary1800 rule-right1877 1877 J. Rhys Lect. Welsh Philol. i. 10 He points out in the two first letters of the Irish word eorna, barley, the rule-right Irish representative of Greek ζειά. 1882 J. Rhŷs Celtic Brit. 292 [This] would be the rule-right equivalent of the Latin genitive lateris. 1902 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1900–02 6 143 The th is the Irish rule-right mutation from the t which we have in Meutini. 1915 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 9 143 The phonologist has always experienced difficulty in comparing Old English ‘Ætla’ and Old Icelandic ‘Atli’ (which are rule-right equations) with Middle-High German ‘Etzele’. 1989 M. McDonald ‘We are not French!’ II. vi. 111 A hypothetical, original ‘Celtic’ form..will then, according to the rules of its own establishment, in perfect tautology, regenerate rule-right modern forms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.a1450
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