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righty

righty noun: a right-handed person.

Noun

righty (plural righties)

  1. (US, informal) A right-handed person.
  2. (UK, informal) A right-wing person.

Interjection

  1. (informal) Right; used to indicate agreement or change of topic.

righty meaning in Tamil

righty in Tamil

சரிவர

Synonyms of righty

Antonyms

Forms of righty

pluralrighties
alternative formrightie

Origin of righty

From right + -y (nominal suffix).

From right + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms).

Words formed from righty

Phrases with righty

Questions about righty

What does righty mean?
Righty means a right-handed person.
What is righty in Tamil?
Righty in Tamil is சரிவர. See Righty meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is righty?
Righty can be a noun or an interjection.
What is the plural of righty?
The plural of righty is righties.

Words near righty in the dictionary

  1. rightwinger
  2. rightwingers
  3. rightwise
  4. rightwisely
  5. rightwiseness
  6. righty
  7. righty tighty, lefty loosey
  8. righty-ho
  9. righty-o
  10. rigid
  11. rigid bodies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: righty (page history and authors); righty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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