ALL meanings of half-right
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H h - adjective half-right in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct. 1
- adjective half-right in conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle; correct: the right solution; the right answer. 1
- adjective half-right correct in judgment, opinion, or action. 1
- adjective half-right fitting or appropriate; suitable: to say the right thing at the right time. 1
- adjective half-right most convenient, desirable, or favorable: Omaha is the right location for a meatpacking firm. 1
- adjective half-right 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 half-right in a satisfactory state; in good order: to put things right. 1
- adjective half-right 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 half-right in good health or spirits: I don't feel quite right today. 1
- adjective half-right principal, front, or upper: the right side of cloth. 1
- adjective half-right (often initial capital letter) of or relating to political conservatives or their beliefs. 1
- adjective half-right socially approved, desirable, or influential: to go to the right schools and know the right people. 1
- adjective half-right formed by or with reference to a perpendicular: a right angle. 1
- adjective half-right straight: a right line. 1
- adjective half-right Geometry. having an axis perpendicular to the base: a right cone. 1
- adjective half-right 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 half-right genuine; authentic: the right owner. 1
- noun half-right a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral: You have a right to say what you please. 1
- noun half-right 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 half-right adherence or obedience to moral and legal principles and authority. 1
- noun half-right that which is morally, legally, or ethically proper: to know right from wrong. 1
- noun half-right a moral, ethical, or legal principle considered as an underlying cause of truth, justice, morality, or ethics. 1
- noun half-right 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 half-right the property itself or its value. 1
- noun half-right 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 half-right that which is in accord with fact, reason, propriety, the correct way of thinking, etc. 1
- noun half-right the state or quality or an instance of being correct. 1
- noun half-right the side that is normally opposite to that where the heart is; the direction toward that side: to turn to the right. 1
- noun half-right a right-hand turn: Make a right at the top of the hill. 1
- noun half-right the portion toward the right, as of troops in battle formation: Our right crumbled. 1
- noun half-right (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 half-right the right hand: Jab with your left and punch with your right. 1
- noun half-right 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 half-right (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 half-right the members of such an assembly who sit on the Right. 1
- noun half-right Boxing. a blow delivered by the right hand: a right to the jaw. 1
- noun half-right Baseball. right field. 1
- adverb half-right in a straight or direct line; straight; directly: right to the bottom; to come right home. 1
- adverb half-right quite or completely; all the way: My hat was knocked right off. 1
- adverb half-right immediately; promptly: right after dinner. 1
- adverb half-right exactly; precisely: right here. 1
- adverb half-right correctly or accurately: to guess right. 1
- adverb half-right uprightly or righteously: to obey one's conscience and live right. 1
- adverb half-right properly or fittingly: to behave right. 1
- adverb half-right advantageously, favorably, or well: to turn out right. 1
- adverb half-right toward the right hand; on or to the right: to keep right; to turn right. 1
- adverb half-right Archaic or Dialect. very; extremely: a right fine day. 1
- adverb half-right very (used in certain titles): the right reverend. 1
- verb with object half-right to put in or restore to an upright position: to right a fallen lamp. 1
- verb with object half-right to put in proper order, condition, or relationship: to right a crookedly hung picture. 1