• Rightways

    Origin

    right + ways

    Full definition of rightways

    Adjective

    rightways

    1. In a correct or normal orientation.
      • 2004, Andrew Klavan, Dynamite Road, She leaned forward, tilted her head, as if to get a rightways look at the snapshot herself
      • 2011, Stacy Carlson, Among the Wonderful, Just get out of my way and I'll be rightways up and out of this cursed tunnel.
      • 2012, Di Morrissey, Kimberley Sun, She began to lose her sense of perspective, what was rightways up or down.

    Adverb

    rightways

    1. In a normal or correct orientation.
      • 2004, Ronne Hartfield, Another Way Home: The Tangled Roots of Race in One Chicago Family, Such hands could turn the unborn child rightways in the birth canal
      • 2007, Robert Amos, Artists in Their Studios: Where Art Is Born, When I work on it rightways up, I am conscious of the figuration. When I work on it upside down, then I'm thinking of the space
      • 2009, Tim Sandlin, Rowdy in Paris, I went out to the hallway to turn the mop bucket back rightways and consider the options.
    2. Rightward.
      • 1918, William Hay, The escape of the notorious Sir William Heans, 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
      • 1987, R. Conrad, Act of Writing, But the trees went uphill and down, turned leftways and rightways, without landmarks or anything to orient me with the tracks.
      • 1997, Jack Womack, Elvissey, "They're trying to take out the tires," John said, wheeling rightways.
    3. Rightly.
      • 1878, Jean Middlemass, Peter Stott's Dream, 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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