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# aright

«aright» in Mova's school dictionary: **correctly or rightly, with no mistake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

Aright means correctly or rightly, with no mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aright/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales someone "hears aright" or "guesses aright", meaning they got the right answer or heard the right words

### examples

- He guessed the answer aright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aright/#x1)
- She thought she had not heard aright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aright/#x2)
- If you add the numbers aright, you will get the right total. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aright/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [For He doth instruct him aright; his God doth teach him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.586/)
- [The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.412/)
- [If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.275/)
- [That He would set aright a man contending with God, as a son of man setteth aright his neighbour!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.425/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aright» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aright/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.