Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

to rights

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.19 in modern English

Syllables: to rights
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Into proper order; properly.

prep_phrase

At once; immediately.

Informal; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"My shoulder was dislocated. It was agony to have it put to rights."
"I felt ill, but some fresh air and iced water set me to rights."
"Then they knocked off some of the boards for the use of the ship, and when they had got all they had a mind for, let the hull drop into the sea, which, by reason of the many breaches made in the bottom and sides, sunk to rights."

Usage

Phrases

have someone to rights set the world to rights bang to rights by rights dead to rights put right

Frequently Paired Words

bang to rights by rights dead to rights put right

Questions

What does to rights mean?: Into proper order; properly.

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