rightwise

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Adjective ==== rightwise (comparative more rightwise, superlative most rightwise) Obsolete spelling of righteous [13th–16th c.]. ==== Verb ==== rightwise (third-person singular simple present rightwises, present participle rightwising, simple past and past participle rightwised) (rare) Archaic spelling of righteous (“make righteous; justify religiously, absolve from sin”). circa 1960-1977, Ernst Käsemann, page 377, quoted in 1977 in Paul and Palestinian Judaism →ISBN, page 528: God's righteousness is what it must be as the power which rightwises the sinner, namely, God's victory over against the rebellion of the world. 1988, The history and theology of the New Testament writings (Udo Schnelle), page 121: […] God's righteousness is shown in the rightwising of sinners. 2011-12, Christopher Vasillopulos, The Triumph of Hate: The Political Theology of the Hitler Movement →ISBN, page 74: In other words, God rightwises or reconciles humans to Him by infusing them with faith. ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Presumably from Old English rihtwīs, reinforced by reanalysis as right +‎ wise. ==== Adverb ==== rightwise (not comparable) (rare) Rightly (correctly or justly); rightfully. === Etymology 3 === From right +‎ -wise. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rītʹwīz, IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪtwaɪz/ (US) enPR: rītʹwīz', IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪtˌwaɪz/ ==== Adverb ==== rightwise (not comparable) (rare) By a rightward path; rightwards, rightwardly; clockwise (in a clockwise manner). ===== References ===== “rightwise, adv.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989) “rightwise, adv.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, third edition (June 2010) ==== Adjective ==== rightwise (rare) Rightward (to or from the right side); on the right side. 1866, Specifications and drawings of patents relating to electricity issued by the United States from July 1, 1884, to July 1, 1885, volume 39, published by the United States Patent Office: […] that, abutting against the end of H, or nearly so, it will lock said bar as against a return or rightwise motion, and then said bar will be locked as against a reverse motion, and, being locked, its flop D cannot be rotated back, […] (rare) Clockwise, moving clockwise. ===== Related terms ===== rightways rightwiseness ==== See also ==== leftwise == Middle English == === Adjective === rightwise upright, righteous === Adverb === rightwise rightly (correctly or justly) ==== Related terms ==== rightwisen — to justify, vindicate rightwishede — rightwiseness rightwisli — rightwisely