n. that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"

n. a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner"

n. an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"

n. location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right"

n. the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right

n. anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"

n. the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"

n. those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

v. make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"

v. regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"

v. make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

adv. "Stand right here!"

adv. "ever and anon"

adv. "Then I was young"

adv. "Then you'll be rich"

adv. an interjection expressing agreement

adv. in accordance with moral or social standards: "That serves him right"; "Do right by him"

adv. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that"

adv. intensifier, as in "She was very gifted"; "He played very well"

adv. in a correct manner; "he guessed right"

adv. to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form); "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged"

adv. toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"

adv. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"

adv. in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"

adv. without delay or hesitation; "straightaway the clouds began to scatter"; "come here right away"; directly, they were attacked"

adj. at a specific prior time; "the then president"

adj. (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"

adj. of or belonging to the political or intellectual right

adj. in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"

adj. in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"

adj. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

adj. correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"

adj. having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"

adj. being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"

adj. socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"

adj. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"

adj. intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove"

adj. being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"

adj. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"; "he is not a suitable husband for her"

adj. most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"

n. an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"

n. a legal document giving official permission to do something

n. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"

n. a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"

n. adhering to moral principles

n. moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people"

n. moral soundness; "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity"

n. morality with respect to sexual relations

v. make correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater"

v. turn away from sin or do penitence

v. bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"

v. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"

v. make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"

v. make repayment for or return something

v. compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals"

v. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

v. make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

v. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

v. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

v. reform a political system, for example

v. injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"

v. act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

adj. worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"

adj. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"

adj. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"

adj. "honest wages for an honest day's work"

adj. showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"

adj. correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"

adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"

adj. just and honest

adj. of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"

adj. located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch"

adj. having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"

adj. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

adj. having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"

adj. worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

adj. being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow

adj. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate"

adj. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"

adj. socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"

adj. in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"

adj. according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"

adj. steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"

adj. marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"

adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"

adj. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"

adj. existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"

adj. capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees"

adj. perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness"

adj. not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"

adj. marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"

adj. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"

adj. having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"

adj. in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"

adj. correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"

adj. having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"

adj. well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract"; "a valid license"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"

adj. socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"

adj. worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"

adj. adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"; "had the moral courage to stand alone"

adj. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"

adj. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"

adj. "honest wages for an honest day's work"

adj. showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"

adj. in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"

adj. having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"

adj. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

adj. having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"

adj. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate"

adj. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"

adj. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate"

adj. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

adj. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"; "he is not a suitable husband for her"

adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature

adj. having close kinship and appropriateness; "he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue"

adj. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply"

adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. accurate and to the point; "a dead-on feel for characterization"; "She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott

adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature

adj. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply"

adj. in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"

adj. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

adj. meeting adequate standards for a purpose; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to"

adj. according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"

adj. pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"

adj. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"

adj. serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"

adj. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

adj. exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; "a felicitous speaker"

adv. in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"

adv. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that"

adv. "Henceforth you shall no longer receive your allowance"

adv. in distinction from others; "a program specifically for teenagers"; "he is interested specifically in poisonous snakes"

adv. indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"

adv. with few mistakes; "he works very accurately"

adv. "The cookie jar was just out of reach of the baby"

adv. "the responsibility lies squarely with them"

adv. in a precise manner; "she always expressed herself precisely"

adv. "He was soundly defeated"; "We beat him good"; "She is sound asleep"; "I'm soaked through"

adv. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"

adv. "He had filled out the form completely"

adv. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"

adv. without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

adv. without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

adv. "She found herself face-to-face with a policeman"

adv. in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed"

v. adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

adj. gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'"

adj. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"

adj. well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era"

adj. characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"

adj. (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"

adj. of the distant past: "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"

adj. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

adj. (combining form) former: "an ex-president"

adj. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"

adj. belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"

adj. immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"

adj. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

adj. long past; "olden days"

adj. recently past; "the other evening"

adj. belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples"

adj. in or of the month preceding the present one; "your letter received on the 29th ult"

adj. outside regular school hours: "a special after-school class"

adj. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"

adj. (prefix) outside or outer: "ectoderm"

adj. (prefix) outside or beyond: "an extrauterine pregnancy"

adj. outside the regular duties of your job or profession

adj. outside the regular academic curriculum; "sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities"

adj. resistant to change

adj. conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; "an ethical lawyer"; "ethical medical practice"; "an ethical problem"; "had no ethical objection to drinking"; "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants"- Omar N. Bradley

adj. morally admirable

adj. used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance"

adj. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

adj. worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"

adj. about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"

adj. being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"

adj. nonstandard usage

adj. providing freedom from worry

adj. completely satisfactory; "his smile said that everything was copacetic"; "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara

adj. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

adj. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"

adj. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

adj. consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"

adj. forming or set at an angle; "angled parking"

adj. slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"

adj. tending to come together from different directions

adj. crossed or intersected in the form of an X

adj. of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel

adj. at an angle; especially connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face; "a diagonal line across the page"

adj. having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"

adj. (computer) not simultaneous; "serial processing"

adj. being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"

adj. according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"

adj. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"

adj. in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"

adj. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

adj. according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"

adj. socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"

adj. in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"

adj. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

adj. preferring to use right foot or hand or eye; "dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye"

adj. using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors"

adj. being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"

adj. appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father"

adj. suitable to or expected in the circumstances; "all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course"; "due esteem"; " exercising due care"

adj. marked by system; in good order; "everything is in order"; "his books are always just so"; "things must be exactly so"

adj. exactly suited to the occasion; "a pat reply"

adj. done or happening at the appropriate or proper time; "a timely warning"; "with timely treatment the patient has a good chance of recovery"; "a seasonable time for discussion"; "the book's publication was well timed"

adv. "Send it to me post-haste"

n. location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; "she stood on the left"

v. falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"

v. treat unjustly; do wrong to

v. change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"

adj. of or belonging to the political or intellectual left

adj. of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

adj. contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie"

adj. not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"

adj. not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"

adj. not accurate; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate"

adj. containing or characterized by error; "erroneous conclusions"; "the answer was inaccurate"

adj. arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"

adj. not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"

adj. not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"

adj. not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them"

adj. not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"

adj. characterized by errors; "he submitted a faulty report"

adj. not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"

adj. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

adj. based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way"

adj. being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"

adj. not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"

adj. intentionally untrue; "a mendacious statement"

adj. not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"

adj. being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"

adj. turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

adj. not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them"

adv. toward or on the left; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left"

adv. without justice or fairness; "wouldst not play false and yet would wrongly win"- Shakespeare

adv. not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"

adv. in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had healed improperly"