rightwise

Meanings

Adverb

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

Adjective

• Rightward (to or from the right side); on the right side.
• Clockwise, moving clockwise.

Origin

• 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.
• Presumably from Old English rihtwīs, reinforced by reanalysis as right + wise.
• right + -wise