Word Meanings - BACKHAND - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
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- RIGHT-RUNNING
Straight; direct. - RIGHTEOUSNESS
The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, - RIGHT
1. In a right manner. 2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. Unto Dian's temple goeth - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - RIGHT-ANGLED
Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle. - RIGHTEOUS
Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton. - SLOPE
1. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another. 2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon. buildings - RIGHTEN
To do justice to. Relieve the opressed. Isa. i. 17. - RIGHT-LINED
Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle. - RIGHT-MINDED
Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness, n. - RIGHT-HANDED
Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria. Right-handed screw, a screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a direction that screw advances - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - RIGHT-HEARTED
Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n. - DOWNWARD
1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way. Dryden. 2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; - RIGHTEOUSLY
In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously. - SLOPENESS
State of being slope. Sir H. Wotton. - HANDWRITING
1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography. 2. That which is written by hand; manuscript. The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster. Dan. v. 5. - RIGHTNESS
Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. Bacon. 2. The quality or state of being right; right relation. The craving for rightness with God. J. C. Shairp. - RIGHTLESS
Destitute of right. Sylvester. - RIGHTLY
1. Straightly; directly; in front. Shak. 2. According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed. 3. Properly; fitly; suitably; appropriately. Eve rightly called, Mother of all mankind. - BRIGHT
See I - CARTWRIGHT
An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - FRIGHTFUL
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn. - SHRIGHT
imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer. - UPRIGHTNESS
the quality or state of being upright. - OVERRIGHTEOUS
Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy. - AFFRIGHTER
One who frightens. - EMBRIGHT
To brighten. - WRIGHT
One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc. He was a well good wright, a carpenter. - SELF-RIGHTEOUS
Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic. - SPRIGHTFUL
Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. -- Spright"ful*ly, adv. Shak. -- Spright"ful*ness, n. Spoke like a sprightful gentlemen. Shak. Steeds sprightful as the light. Cowley. - BEDRIGHT; BEDRITE
The duty or privilege of the marriage bed. Shak. - AFFRIGHTFUL
Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth. - WAINWRIGHT
See WAGONWRIGHT