right: straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.-upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.-conformed to the constitution of man and the will of god, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true.-fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from london to oxford.-characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.-according with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith.-most favorable or convenient; fortunate.-of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals.-well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.-designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth.-in a right manner.-in a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide.-exactly; just.-according to the law or will of god; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.-according to any rule of art; correctly.-according to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right.-in a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.-that which is right or correct.-the straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong.-a true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact.-a just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.-that to which one has a just claim.-that which one has a natural claim to exact.-that which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal.-that which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership.-privilege or immunity granted by authority.-the right side; the side opposite to the left.-in some legislative bodies of europe (as in france), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. see center, 5.-the outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.-to bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.-to do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.-to recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.-hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.