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aright(dictionary)

atom (oh) and aright (iou)


atom (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: atomus, from Greek, from atomos 'that cannot be divided', from temnein 'to cut']
the smallest part of an element that can exist alone or can combine with Other substances to form a molecule
::carbon atoms
atom of
::two atoms of hydrogen
a very small amount of something - used for emphasis
atom of
::There isn't an atom of truth in it.

aright (iou)



aright adverb.
[Old English on riht, ariht: see A preposition1 1, RIGHT noun1.]
I. Of manner.
In a right manner, rightly; justly, correctly. OE.
Bible (Coverdale): Psalms 77:8 A generacion that set not their herte aright. M. Innes And if I remember aright, sir, it was just then that the horse stopped noddingsudden-like.
Immediately; at once. ME-L15.
Directly; in a straight line. ME-E17.
Exactly, just; indeed. Long arch. LME.
E. B. Browning Is it true besidesAright true?
II. Of direction.
On or to the right hand. arch. rare. ME.
Southey Aright, aleft, The affrighted foemen scatter from his spear.
arightly adverb (now rare or obsolete) = ARIGHT 1 L16.
arights adverb (rare) = ARIGHT 1: only in L16.