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Right along   /raɪt əlˈɔŋ/   Listen
adverb
Right  adv.  
1.
In a right manner.
2.
In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. "Unto Dian's temple goeth she right." "Let thine eyes look right on." "Right across its track there lay, Down in the water, a long reef of gold."
3.
Exactly; just. (Obs. or Colloq.) "Came he right now to sing a raven's note?"
4.
According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.
5.
According to any rule of art; correctly. "You with strict discipline instructed right."
6.
According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. "Right at mine own cost." "Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye." "His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught."
7.
In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. "He was not right fat". "For which I should be right sorry." "(I) return those duties back as are right fit." Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right honorable; right reverend.
Right honorable, a title given in England to peers and peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as the lord mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin. Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as upright, downright, forthright, etc.
Right along, without cessation; continuously; as, to work right along for several hours. (Colloq. U.S.)
Right away, or Right off, at once; straightway; without delay. (Colloq. U.S.) "We will... shut ourselves up in the office and do the work right off."






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"Right along" Quotes from Famous Books



... Peter," said Felix ominously, "they tell me that you've been praying right along that I couldn't eat a bitter apple. ...
— The Story Girl • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... great horn spoon! I b'lieve I'll go right along to Greenville with you," exclaimed the guide a minute later. "I might get a chance to pick up a bargain of a second-hand rifle there. And I guess you'd be mighty sick o' your luck, Dol, if you had to lug them moose-antlers part o' the way yerself. ...
— Camp and Trail - A Story of the Maine Woods • Isabel Hornibrook

... killed. Where is the keeper? Oh! there he is, mixing hot brandy punch for two. Here, you, sir, go up quietly, and tell Mr. Rollins Dr. Renton wants to see him. The waiter came back presently to say Mr. Rollins would be right along. Twenty-five minutes past twelve. Oyster trade nearly over. Gaudy-curtained booths on the left all empty but two. Oyster-openers and waiters—three of them in all—nearly done for the night, and two of them sparring ...
— The Ghost • William. D. O'Connor

... Fireman," said Nolan, "I guess we'll have to go back. But you are sure about Shiner, are you?"—this again to the visitors, as he persisted in calling them. "Well, come right along up and see the old man himself. Dinner ought to be ...
— To The Front - A Sequel to Cadet Days • Charles King

... to Dixie—I'll be comin' right along, boys." (This to Brad Gibson, who was taking his farewell drink of ginger ...
— The Village Watch-Tower • (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin


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