adverb
aright
uh-RYT
Aright (adverb) means Correctly, properly, or in the right way. Example: “If I remember aright, the meeting was rescheduled to Friday.”
adverb
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Correctly, properly, or in the right way.
""Well, gentlemen, have I read you the riddle aright, or is there any point which you would query?""
— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World … (1912)
"If I remember aright, the meeting was rescheduled to Friday."
"He couldn't seem to do anything aright that day."
"The great service which he rendered to science was that he put the right questions ; it was not that he answered them aright."
— James George Frazer, Totemism and Exogamy (1910)
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.
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Word forms
- Third person singular
- arights
- Past tense
- arighted
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If I remember _____, the meeting was rescheduled to Friday.
Etymology
From Old English on riht, "in the right way" — built from a- + right.
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What does “aright” mean?
The word “aright” means correctly, properly, or in the right way. In plain terms, "Correctly" or "properly" — an old-fashioned word mostly seen in formal or literary writing now.
How do you pronounce “aright”?
“Aright” is pronounced uh-RYT (/əˈɹaɪt/ in IPA).
How do you use “aright” in a sentence?
Here is “aright” used in a sentence: “If I remember aright, the meeting was rescheduled to Friday.”
What part of speech is “aright”?
“Aright” is an adverb.
Where does the word “aright” come from?
The word “aright” comes from Old English. From Old English on riht, "in the right way" — built from a- + right.
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