right Copy link Outline I. StraightII. Quite, preciselyIII. Correctly, properly.1. recte2. rītĕ3. vēre4. juste5. prŏbe (excellently)6. bĕnĕ7. Expr. sometimes by jure, meritoIV. Very • right, rightly (adv.): I. Straight: recte: v. straight. II. Quite, precisely: most freq. expr. by the pron. ipse: supra ipsum balneum habito, I live r. over the baths, Sen. Ep. 56, 1: v. exactly. III. Correctly, properly. 1. recte: r. or wrongly, seu r. seu perperam, Cic. Quint. 8, 31: to judge very r., rectissime judicare, id. Rep. 3, 32: to do anything r. and properly, r. atque ordine facere, id. Quint. 7, 28. 2. rītĕ: we shall r. term him a god, hunc r. deum dixerimus, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52: Virg.: v. duly. 3. vēre: v. truly. 4. juste: to estimate r., j. aestimare, Curt. 10, 5, 26: Hor.: Cic.: v. justly. 5. prŏbe (excellently): you have acted r. about the aqueduct, de aquaeductu p. fecisti, Cic. Att. 13, 6, init. 6. bĕnĕ: you have acted very r., plane b. fecisti, id. ib. 7. Expr. sometimes by jure, merito: v. deservedly: it serves us r., jure plectimur, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28. IV. Very: expr. by superl.: r. reverend, Reverendissimus, Cod. Theod. 1, 55, 8: v. very.
RIGHT, RIGHTLY Copy link • RIGHT, RIGHTLYadverb, PROP., fitly, apte: accommodate. Truly, not falsely or wrongly, recte; vere: if I understand rightly, nisi fallor, nisi animus me fallit (Cic.); nisi quid me fefellerit (Terentianus). Not to understand rightly, non satis intelligere aliquid. Fully, completely, accurately, accurate; probe; bene; plane: to hit anything right in the middle, plane medium ferire. I do not rightly comprehend it, non satis, non plane, hoc scio, novi. Very (with adjectives and adverbs), valde; admodum; bene; also by a superlative, or quam and superlative; e.g., right often, saepissime: right willingly, libentissime. Duly, recte; rite (formally): satis (sufficiently). With justice or equity, recte; juste; bene; ut par, ut aequum, est; ut decet. It served you right (colloquial), jure, merito hoc tibi accidit; non immeritas luis poenas (after Cic.); haud immerito id tibi accidit (Liv.).