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| Main Entry: |
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| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | completely, totally |
| Synonyms: | absolutely, direct, directly, due, entirely, exactly, right, straight, straightly, undeviatingly, wholly |
| Antonyms: | incompletely |
| Main Entry: | due |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | directly |
| Synonyms: | dead, direct, exactly, right, straight, straightly, undeviatingly |
| Antonyms: | indirectly |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | directly, without delay |
| Synonyms: | at once, away, direct, due, first off, forthwith, immediately, instanter, instantly, now, promptly, quickly, right away, straight, straight away, straightly, undeviatingly |
| Notes: | right means free from error or correct in opinion or judgment; a wright is someone who makes, builds, or repairs something |
| Antonyms: | indirectly |
| Main Entry: | straight |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | immediately, directly |
| Synonyms: | as the crow flies, at once, away, dead*, direct, due, exactly, first off, forthwith, in direct line, instanter, instantly, lineally, now, point-blank, right, right away, straightaway, straightforwardly, straightly, undeviatingly |
| Antonyms: | later |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smack-dab |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | directly |
| Synonyms: | as a crow flies, bang*, beeline, dead*, direct, due, exactly, fair, flush, just, plump, precisely, right, slam bang, slap, smack dab, smack*, square, squarely, straight, straightly, undeviatingly, unswervingly, without deviation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | straight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
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| Concept: | Right. |
| Category: | 1. Moral obligations |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
right; what ought to be, what should be; fitness; summum jus., justice, equity; equitableness; propriety; fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis., Astraea, Nemesis, Themis., scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma; suum cuique; clear stage, fair field and no favor., morals (duty); law; honor (probity); virtue.
-verbs
be right; stand to reason., see justice done, see one righted, see fair play; do justice to; recompense (reward); bold the scales even, give and take; serve one right, put the saddle on the right horse; give every one his due, give the devil his due; audire alteram partem., deserve (be entitled to).
-adjectives
right, good; just, reasonable; fit; equal, equable, equatable; evenhanded, fair., legitimate, justifiable, rightful; as it should be, as it ought to be; lawful (permitted), (legal) [more]. deserved [more].
-adverbs
rightly; au-bon droit, au bon droit, in justice, in equity, in reason., without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons; upon even terms.
-phrases
Dieu et mon droit; "in equal scale weighing delight and dole" [Hamlet]; justitia cuum cuique distribuit [Cicero]; justititiae soror incorrupta fides; justitia virtutem
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| Antonyms: | wrong |
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