rightˈ-footˈed adjective

1. Performed with the right foot
2. Having more skill or strength in the right foot

rightˈ-hand adjective

1. On the right side
2. Towards the right
3. Performed with the right hand
4. With thread or strands turning to the right
5. Chiefly relied on (as one's right-hand man)

right-hand drive noun

1. A driving mechanism on the right side of a vehicle which is intended to be driven on the left-hand side of the road
2. A vehicle with a driving mechanism of this type

right-handˈed adjective

1. Using the right hand more easily than the left
2. With or for the right hand
3. With rotation towards the right, or clockwise

adverb

In the manner of a right-handed person

right-handˈedly adverb

right-handˈedness noun

right-handˈer noun

1. A blow with the right hand
2. A right-handed person

right-hand man see right-hand above.

Right Honourable noun and adjective

A title of distinction given to peers below the rank of marquis, to privy councillors, to present and past cabinet ministers, to certain Lord Mayors and Lord Provosts, etc

rightˈ-lined adjective

Rectilinear

right-mindˈed adjective

1. Having a mind disposed towards what is right, just or according to good sense
2. Sane

right-mindˈedness noun

rightˈ-of-cenˈtre adjective

Inclining slightly towards the more conservative policies of a group, party or political system

right of search see under search¹

right-of-wayˈ noun (pl rightˈ-of-waysˈ or rightsˈ-of-wayˈ)

1. A track over which there is a right of way (see below)
2. The strip of land occupied by a railway track, a road, etc (US)

right-onˈ adjective

1. Absolutely correct
2. Trendy, belonging to or in keeping with the latest social, moral, political, etc ideas or fashions

Right Reverend noun and adjective see under revere

rights issue noun (commerce)

An issue of new shares which shareholders of a company may buy, usu below the market price, in proportion to their current holdings

rightˈsize transitive verb (euphemistic)

To adapt (an organization, etc) to an appropriate size, esp by means of redundancies

rightˈ-thinking adjective

1. Of approved opinions
2. Right-minded

right-to-lifeˈ adjective (esp N American)

Same as pro-life (see under pro-¹)

right-to-lifˈer noun (esp N American)

Same as pro-lifer (see under pro-¹)

right triangle noun (N American)

A right-angled triangle

right whale noun

A whale of the genus Balaena or Eubalaena, esp the Greenland whale

right wing noun

1. The political right
2. The wing on the right side of an army, football pitch, etc

rightˈ-wing adjective

1. Of or on the right wing
2. Relating to the political right
3. (having opinions which are) conservative, opposed to socialism, etc

rightˈ-wingˈer noun

1. A player on the right wing
2. A person with right-wing views or who supports the right wing of a party, etc

all right see under all

a right one (informal)

A foolish or eccentric person

at right angles

Forming or in such a way as to form a right angle

bill of rights

(often with caps) an accepted statement of the rights and privileges of the people or of individuals, which the government or state must not infringe (eg that embodied in the Bill of Rights, 1689, or in the US Constitution)

by rights or (formerly right)

1. Rightfully
2. If all were right

civil rights see under civil

do someone right or do right by someone

1. To do someone justice
2. To keep pace with someone in drinking
3. To drink someone's health

have a right (or no right)

1. To be entitled (or not entitled)
2. To be under a moral obligation (or no obligation) (non-standard or dialect)

have right (archaic)

To be right

in one's own right

1. By absolute and personal right, not through another
2. By one's own abilities, etc, not through connection with another

in one's right mind

Quite sane

in right of

1. By virtue of
2. By title vested in

in the right

1. Right
2. Maintaining a justifiable position

put or set to rights

1. To set in order
2. To correct

right as a trivet see under trivet

right as rain see under rain¹

right away

1. Straightaway, immediately
2. Without delay

right down or right enough

Plainly

right, left and centre same as left, right and centre (see under left¹).

right of common (law)

A right to take something from, or pasture animals on, the land of another

right of entry

A legal right to enter a place

right off

Without delay

right of way

The right of the public to pass over a piece of ground (see also right-of-way above)

right on (US)

An exclamation expressing enthusiastic agreement or approval (see also right-on above)

right out (Shakespeare)

Outright

right the helm

To put it amidships, in a line with the keel

send, etc to the right about (informal)

To dismiss summarily, or force to retreat

she'll be right (Aust)

An expression of assurance or confidence