rightwise

Adj

Obsolete spelling of righteous .
Rightward (to or from the right side); on the right side.
Clockwise, moving clockwise.

Verb

Archaic spelling of righteous (“make righteous; justify religiously, absolve from sin”).

Adv

Rightly (correctly or justly); rightfully.
By a rightward path; rightwards, rightwardly; clockwise (in a clockwise manner).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just; right, justifiable”), corresponding to right + -wise. The second element was later confused with or assimilated to -ous, leading to the modern spelling righteous.

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