Meaning

In a correct or normal orientation..

Definitions by Sense

1. In a correct or normal orientation.
2. In a normal or correct orientation.
3. Rightward.
4. Rightly.

Example Sentences

She leaned forward, tilted her head, as if to get a rightways look at the snapshot herself

Just get out of my way and I'll be rightways up and out of this cursed tunnel.

She began to lose her sense of perspective, what was rightways up or down.

Such hands could turn the unborn child rightways in the birth canal

When I work on it rightways up, I am conscious of the figuration. When I work on it upside down, then I'm thinking of the space

I went out to the hallway to turn the mop bucket back rightways and consider the options.

Conapanny did not make at once east up the hill, but led a course slanting rightways over the shoulder, descending about four o'clock into the gully on the hinder side

But the trees went uphill and down, turned leftways and rightways, without landmarks or anything to orient me with the tracks.

Word Forms

• more rightways
• most rightways

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When Should You Use Rightways?

Use rightways when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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