right
adverb (EXACTLY) /raɪt/Definition
B1 exactly or all the way: I've got a pimple right on the end of my nose. They built a row of hotels right along the sea-front.Accurate and exact › used for emphasis: The car ran right (= completely) out of fuel. She walked right (= all the way) past me without noticing me. I'll be right back/I'll be right with you (= I will return very soon).Very and extremeComplete and wholeIntensifying expressions right away/now B1 immediately: You'd better leave right now.Immediately right now › at the present time: We're very busy right now.Now
(Definition of right adverb (EXACTLY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accuracy noun
- accurate adjective
- aright adverb
- authoritative adjective
- bang adverb
- be bang on idiom
- exact adjective
- exactly adverb
- infallible adjective
- infallibly adverb
- letter-perfect adjective
- literal adjective
- on the nose idiom
- sharp adverb (EXACTLY)
- strictly speaking idiom
- technically adverb
- to the day idiom
- to the letter idiom
- truly adverb (EXACTLY)
- unerring adjective
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