rightways

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rightways

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From right + ways.

adjective

  1. not comparable In a correct or normal orientation. She leaned forward, tilted her head, as if to get a rightways look at the snapshot herself

adverb more rightways · most rightways

  1. In a normal or correct orientation. Such hands could turn the unborn child rightways in the birth canal
  2. Rightward. Conapanny did not make at once east up the hill, but led a course slanting rightways over the shoulder, descending about four o'clock into the gully on the hinder side
  3. Rightly. Now, that is a thing as I never was asked for before, and don't rightways know what it be; if it's sealing-wax, it's welcome you are

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@misc{rightways_2026,
  title = {rightways},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rightways},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}