adverb
aright
uh-RYT
adverb
1
Correctly, properly, or in the right way.
"If I remember aright, the meeting was rescheduled to Friday."
"He couldn't seem to do anything aright that day."
How to Use Aright
Learner’s notesIn plain English"Correctly" or "properly" — an old-fashioned word mostly seen in formal or literary writing now.
When to use it
Fairly archaic; "correctly" or "properly" reads more naturally in modern writing.
Word Forms
arighted past tense, arights singular
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Etymology
From Old English on riht, "in the right way" — built from a- + right.