Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: RIGHT'LY – RIME
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RIGHT'LY, adv.
- According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; as, duty rightly performed.
- Properly; fitly; suitably; as, a person rightly named.
- According to truth or fact; not erroneously. He has rightly conjectured.
- Honestly; uprightly. – Shak.
- Exactly. Thou didst not rightly see. – Dryden.
- Straightly; directly. [Not in use.] – Ascham.
RIGHT-MIND'ED, a.
Having a right or honest mind. – Taylor.
The state of having a right mind.
RIGHT-NESS, n.
- Correctness; conformity to truth or to the divine will, which is the standard of moral rectitude. It is important that a man should have such persuasion of the rightness of his conscience as to exclude rational doubt. – South.
- Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. – Bacon.
RIGHT-RUN-NING, a.
Straight running. – Phillips.
RIGHT-SPHERE, n.
In geography, the position of the sphere when the equator cuts the horizon at right angles.
RIG'ID, a. [Fr. rigide; It. and Sp. rigido; L. rigidus, from rigeo; Gr. ῥιγοω, to be stiff; ῥιγιος, stiff; whence L. frigeo, frigidus; Eth. ረገዐ raga, Heb. רגע, to be still, to be stiff or rigid. Class Rg, No. 3, 27. The primary sense is probably to strain or extend.]
- Stiff; not pliant; not easily bent. It is applied to bodies or substances that are naturally soft or flexible, but not fluid. We never say, a rigid stone or rigid iron, nor do we say, rigid ice; but we say, an animal body or limb, when cold, is rigid. Rigid is then opposed to flexible, but expresses less than inflexible.
- Strict in opinion, practice, or discipline; severe in temper; opposed to lax or indulgent; as, a rigid father or master; rigid officer.
- Strict; exact; as, a rigid law or rule; rigid discipline; rigid criticism.
- Severely just; as, a rigid sentence or judgment.
- Exactly according to the sentence or law; as, rigid execution.
RI-GID'I-TY, n. [Fr. rigidité; L. rigiditas.]
- Stiffness; want of pliability; the quality of not being easily bent. – Arbuthnot.
- A brittle hardness, as opposed to ductility, malleability and softness. – Encyc.
- Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or airy elegance. – Wotton.
RIG'ID-LY, adv.
- Stiffly; unpliantly.
- Severely; strictly; exactly without laxity, indulgence or abatement; as, to judge rigidly; to criticize rigidly; to execute a law rigidly.
RIG'ID-NESS, n.
- Stiffness of a body; the quality of not being easily bent; as, the rigidness of a limb or of flesh.
- Severity of temper; strictness in opinion or practice; but expressing less than inflexibility.
RIG'LET, n. [Fr. from L. regula, rego.]
A flat thin piece of wood, used for picture-frames; also used in printing, to regulate the margin, &c.
RIG'MA-ROLE, n.
A repetition of stories; a succession of stories. – Goldsmith.
RIG'OL, n.
A circle; a diadem. – Shak.
RIG'OLL, n.
A musical instrument consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads. Encyc.
RIG'OR, n. [L. from rigeo, to be stiff; Fr. rigueur.]
- Stiffness; rigidness; as, Gorgonian rigor. – Milton.
- In medicine, a sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or slight tremor, as in the cold fit of a fever. – Coxe. Encyc. Parr.
- Stiffness of opinion or temper; severity; sternness. All his rigor is turned to grief and pity. – Denham.
- Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence or mortification. – Fell.
- Strictness; exactness without allowance, latitude or indulgence; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor.
- Violence; fury. [Not in use.] – Spenser.
- Hardness; solidity. [Unusual.] – Dryden.
- Severity; asperity; as the rigors of a cold winter.
RIG'OR-IST, n.
One very rigorous.
RIG'OR-OUS, a. [Fr. rigoureux.]
- Severe; allowing no abatement or mitigation; as, a rigorous officer of justice.
- Severe; exact; strict; without abatement or relaxation; as, a rigorous execution of law; an enforcement of rigorous discipline.
- Exact; strict; scrupulously accurate; as, a rigorous definition or demonstration.
- Severe; very cold; as, a rigorous winter.
RIG'OR-OUS-LY, adv.
- Severely; without relaxation, abatement or mitigation; as, a sentence rigorously executed.
- Strictly; exactly; with scrupulous nicety; rigidly. The people would examine his works more rigorously than himself. – Dryden.
RIG'OR-OUS-NESS, n.
- Severity without relaxation or mitigation; exactness. – Ash.
- Severity.
RILL, n. [In G. rille, W. rhill, is a groove, trench, channel, the root of drill. In Sw. strila is to run or glide; Dan. ryller, to ramble.]
A small brook; rivulet; a streamlet. – Milton.
RILL, v.i.
To run in a small stream; or in streamlets. – Prior.
RILL'ET, n.
A small stream; a rivulet. – Drayton.
RIM, n. [Sax. rima and reoma, a rim, a ream; W. rhim and rhimp, a rim, edge, termination; hence crimp, a sharp ridge; crimpiaw, to form into a ridge; also to pinch. Rim, like ramp, ramble, is from extending; the extremity. In Russ. kroma is a border.]
- The border, edge or margin of a thing; as, the rim of a kettle or basin; usually applied to things circular or curving.
- The lower part of the belly or abdomen. – Brown.
RIM, v.t.
To put on a rim or hoop at the border.
RIME, n.1 [Sax. rim, number; W. rhiv. This is the more correct orthography, but rhyme is commonly used – which see.]