aright

/əˈɹaɪt/

aright adverb: rightly, correctly; in the right way or form.

Adverb

aright (not comparable)

Rightly, correctly; in the right way or form.
- it is not easie we should so often settle our minds in so regular, so reformed, and so devout a seat, where indeed it ought to be, to pray aright and effectually: otherwise our praiers are not only vaine and unprofitable, but vicious.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 56, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- Hear him not; call on the names of William, Justine, Clerval, Elizabeth, my father, and of the wretched Victor, and thrust your sword into his heart. I will hover near and direct the steel aright.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], “chapter 24”, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for...
(archaic) To or on the right-hand side.
- Once more away! and now
  The long descent is seen,
  A long, long, narrow path.
  Ice rocks aright, and hills of snow,
  Aleft the giddy precipice.1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and...

Verb

aright (third-person singular simple present arights, present participle arighting, simple past and past participle arighted)

(transitive) To make right; put right; arrange or treat properly.
- But, from working with those who have felt exiled and damned, excoriated and benumbed, and yet have made it back to useful and creative life again, I know there are more sure, albeit intense, ways to aright oneself.2003, John Beebe, Terror, Violence, and the Impulse to Destroy

aright meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

Examples of aright in a sentence

The great service which he rendered to science was that he put the right questions ; it was not that he answered them aright.1910, James George Frazer, Totemism and Exogamy, volume 1, page vii:
"Well, gentlemen, have I read you the riddle aright, or is there any point which you would query?"1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

Forms of aright

third-person singular present	arights
present participle	arighting
past participle	arighted
past	arighted

Origin of aright

From Middle English ariȝt, ariht, from Old English āriht (“aright, properly”), from earlier *an riht, on riht (“rightly”), corresponding to a- + right.

From Middle English arighten, arihten (“to raise up”); and Middle English iriȝten, irihten, ȝerihten (“to make right, correct, erect”), from Old English ġerihtan (“to set right”), equivalent to a- + right.

Words formed from aright

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Phrases with aright

Words that rhyme with aright

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Questions about aright

What does aright mean?: Aright means rightly, correctly; in the right way or form.
What is aright in Tamil?: Aright in Tamil is சரியான முறையில், நேராக. See Aright meaning in Tamil.
How do you use aright in a sentence?: The great service which he rendered to science was that he put the right questions ; it was not that he answered them aright.
What part of speech is aright?: Aright can be an adverb or a verb.
How do you pronounce aright?: Aright is pronounced /əˈɹaɪt/ (UK).

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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