Defn: Having a right or honest mind.
— Right"-mind`ed*ness, n.
RIGHTNESS
Right"ness, n. Etym: [AS. richtnes.] .
Defn: Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. Bacon.
2. The quality or state of being right; right relation. The craving for rightness with God. J. C. Shairp.
RIGHT-RUNNING
Right"-run`ning, a.
Defn: Straight; direct.
RIGHTWARD
Right"ward, adv.
Defn: Toward the right.
Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey.
RIGHT WHALE Right" whale`. (Zoöl.) (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balæna mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balæna cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale. Pygmy right whale (Zoöl.), a small New Zealand whale (Neobalæna marginata) which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone.
RIGHTWISE
Right"wise`, a.