ALL meanings of by rights
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B b - phrase by rights If something is not the case but you think that it should be, you can say that by rights it should be the case. 3
- noun by rights according to what should be the case, although it is not 3
- adjective by rights in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct. 1
- adjective by rights in conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle; correct: the right solution; the right answer. 1
- adjective by rights correct in judgment, opinion, or action. 1
- adjective by rights fitting or appropriate; suitable: to say the right thing at the right time. 1
- adjective by rights most convenient, desirable, or favorable: Omaha is the right location for a meatpacking firm. 1
- adjective by rights of, relating to, or located on or near the side of a person or thing that is turned toward the east when the subject is facing north (opposed to left). 1
- adjective by rights in a satisfactory state; in good order: to put things right. 1
- adjective by rights sound, sane, or normal: to be in one's right mind; She wasn't right in her head when she made the will. 1
- adjective by rights in good health or spirits: I don't feel quite right today. 1
- adjective by rights principal, front, or upper: the right side of cloth. 1
- adjective by rights (often initial capital letter) of or relating to political conservatives or their beliefs. 1
- adjective by rights socially approved, desirable, or influential: to go to the right schools and know the right people. 1
- adjective by rights formed by or with reference to a perpendicular: a right angle. 1
- adjective by rights straight: a right line. 1
- adjective by rights Geometry. having an axis perpendicular to the base: a right cone. 1
- adjective by rights Mathematics. pertaining to an element of a set that has a given property when placed on the right of an element or set of elements of the given set: a right identity. 1
- adjective by rights genuine; authentic: the right owner. 1
- noun by rights a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral: You have a right to say what you please. 1
- noun by rights Sometimes, rights. that which is due to anyone by just claim, legal guarantees, moral principles, etc.: women's rights; Freedom of speech is a right of all Americans. 1
- noun by rights adherence or obedience to moral and legal principles and authority. 1
- noun by rights that which is morally, legally, or ethically proper: to know right from wrong. 1
- noun by rights a moral, ethical, or legal principle considered as an underlying cause of truth, justice, morality, or ethics. 1
- noun by rights Sometimes, rights. the interest or ownership a person, group, or business has in property: He has a 50-percent right in a silver mine. The author controls the screen rights for the book. 1
- noun by rights the property itself or its value. 1
- noun by rights Finance. the privilege, usually preemptive, that accrues to the owners of the stock of a corporation to subscribe to additional shares of stock or securities convertible into stock at an advantageous price. Often, rights. the privilege of subscribing to a specified amount of a stock or bond issue, or the document certifying this privilege. 1
- noun by rights that which is in accord with fact, reason, propriety, the correct way of thinking, etc. 1
- noun by rights the state or quality or an instance of being correct. 1
- noun by rights the side that is normally opposite to that where the heart is; the direction toward that side: to turn to the right. 1
- noun by rights a right-hand turn: Make a right at the top of the hill. 1
- noun by rights the portion toward the right, as of troops in battle formation: Our right crumbled. 1
- noun by rights (in a pair) the member that is shaped for, used by, or situated on the right side: Is this shoe a left or a right? 1
- noun by rights the right hand: Jab with your left and punch with your right. 1
- noun by rights the Right. the complex of individuals or organized groups opposing change in a liberal direction and usually advocating maintenance of the established social, political, or economic order. the position held by these people: The Depression led to a movement away from the Right. Compare left1 (defs 6a, b). right wing. 1
- noun by rights (usually initial capital letter) the part of a legislative assembly, especially in continental Europe, that is situated on the right side of the presiding officer and that is customarily assigned to members of the legislature who hold more conservative or reactionary views than the rest of the members. 1
- noun by rights the members of such an assembly who sit on the Right. 1
- noun by rights Boxing. a blow delivered by the right hand: a right to the jaw. 1
- noun by rights Baseball. right field. 1
- adverb by rights in a straight or direct line; straight; directly: right to the bottom; to come right home. 1
- adverb by rights quite or completely; all the way: My hat was knocked right off. 1
- adverb by rights immediately; promptly: right after dinner. 1
- adverb by rights exactly; precisely: right here. 1
- adverb by rights correctly or accurately: to guess right. 1
- adverb by rights uprightly or righteously: to obey one's conscience and live right. 1
- adverb by rights properly or fittingly: to behave right. 1
- adverb by rights advantageously, favorably, or well: to turn out right. 1
- adverb by rights toward the right hand; on or to the right: to keep right; to turn right. 1
- adverb by rights Archaic or Dialect. very; extremely: a right fine day. 1
- adverb by rights very (used in certain titles): the right reverend. 1