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a·right

   [uh-rahyt]
adverb
rightly; correctly; properly: I want to set things aright.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English ariht, on riht. See a-1, right
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aright (əˈraɪt)
 
—adv
correctly; rightly; properly

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aright
"in a correct way," O.E. ariht, from a- (1) "of" + right (adj.).
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