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British dramatist (born 1940)
Nicholas Verney Wright (born 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a British dramatist. Nicholas Wright was born in Cape Town, attended Rondebosch Boys'
Nicholas_Wright_(playwright)
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personality Nicholas Wright (academic) (born 1945), English academic Nicholas Wright (playwright) (born 1940), British dramatist Nicolas Wright (born 1982)
Nicholas_Wright
English musician
Sorry and Green Lights) Solo violin and viola on Mrs Klein by Nicholas Wright (playwright) at the Almeida Theatre, London 2009 Special Guest with Paul
Sophie_Solomon
Awards for young British actors
– actress Nicholas Wright – playwright and director Serena Hill – National Theatre casting director Jane Lapotaire – actress Nicholas Wright – National
Ian_Charleson_Awards
American actress, social activist (born 1944)
Denise Donna Nicholas (born July 12, 1944) is an American actress. Nicholas played high-school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama
Denise_Nicholas
2003 play by Nicholas Wright
His Dark Materials is a stage adaptation by British playwright Nicholas Wright, based on Philip Pullman fantasy trilogy of the same title. The production
His_Dark_Materials_(play)
Male given name
actor and playwright Nicholas Gonzalez (born 1976), American actor Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (1953–2012), English historian and professor Nicholas Greenberry
Nicholas
Surname
or Mike Wright Milton Wright Molly Wright Nathan Wright Nicholas or Nick Wright Nigel Wright Ollie or Oliver Wright Owen Wright Patricia Wright Pat or
Wright
1624), lexicographer of Russian Nicholas Ridley (1500–1555), theologian and bishop Philip Ridley (born 1964), playwright and children's writer D. C. H.
List_of_English_writers_(R–Z)
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English
William_Shakespeare
British actor
David Haig Collum Ward (born 20 September 1955) is an English actor and playwright. He has appeared in West End productions and numerous television and film
David_Haig
Graduates and former students of Fieldston school
– critic and author; director of American studies, Columbia University Nicholas Delbanco – novelist David Denby – film critic, The New Yorker Joseph Leo
List of Ethical Culture Fieldston School alumni
List_of_Ethical_Culture_Fieldston_School_alumni
British publisher
Award" in 1994. The first title published by Nick Hern Books was Nicholas Wright's Mrs. Klein, which opened at the National Theatre in August 1988 before
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Australian writer
married Stewart Wright, an accountant. They had six children: Patrick, Rosemary, Nicholas, Anthony, Brenda and Stephen. June Wright (1953). The Devil's
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List of British playwrights since 1950
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Zimbabwean-American actress (born 1978)
ɡʊˈrɪərə/; born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress, playwright, screenwriter, producer, and activist. She is best known for her starring
Danai_Gurira
Playwright list
This is a list of notable playwrights. See also Literature; Drama; List of playwrights by nationality and date of birth; Lists of authors. Contents: A
List_of_playwrights
Annual prize by the MacArthur Foundation
Thomas Whiteside, journalist Allan C. Wilson, biochemist Jay Wright, poet and playwright Charles Wuorinen, composer Walter Abish, writer Robert Axelrod
MacArthur_Fellows_Program
Comprehensive school in West Yorkshire, England
Linda Wright (1997), Denise Tonkins (2005), Maggie Dunn (2013), Christian Wilcocks, (2014) James Christian (2017). The English poet, playwright and novelist
Colne_Valley_High_School
English theatre and film director
Academicians | Royal Academy of Arts". Nicholas Hytner at the Internet Broadway Database Nicholas Hytner at IMDb Nicholas Hytner at the BFI's Screenonline
Nicholas_Hytner
American dramatist
American playwright, poet, actor, screenwriter and film producer. He submitted plays for several years to Young Playwrights Inc.'s National Playwrights Competition
Jonathan_Marc_Sherman
British actor
Whishaw, and in Steve McQueen's Small Axe: Mangrove (2020) starring Letitia Wright. Alex Michael Jennings was born in Romford, Essex, the son of Peggy Patricia
Alex_Jennings
American filmmaker and actor (1929–1989)
John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American filmmaker and actor. He began as an actor in film and television before
John_Cassavetes
described it as "a very fine play about Clare" in the same paper. Playwright Nicholas Wright referred to it as a "great play". Pamela McCallum wrote in 2016
The_Fool_(play)
American award for distinguished plays
Typically, these are three or four critics, complemented by academics or playwrights. The jury reviews scripts submitted by New York and regional theater
Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama
English playwright (1971–1999)
Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright. She is known for her plays that deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual
Sarah_Kane
commentator, television presenter and freelance reporter Matthew Wright - TV presenter of The Wright Stuff Patrick Kwateng Acheampong - Inspector General of Police
List of University of Exeter people
List_of_University_of_Exeter_people
American playwright and screenwriter
Sanaz Toossi (born 1991/1992) is an American playwright and screenwriter. Her play English won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2023. Toossi was born in
Sanaz_Toossi
Nigerian playwright, actor and movie director (1929–2013)
(in association with Drum Arts Centre, London) in August 1980, and Nicholas Wright's plays One Fine Day (1980 at Riverside Studios) and The Custom of the
Yemi_Ajibade
American actor (1947–2020)
William McLarty (April 26, 1947 – February 8, 2020) was an American actor, playwright, and novelist. He also worked as an audiobook narrator, in which role
Ron_McLarty
American screenwriter and film director (born 1952)
(born October 23, 1952) is an American screenwriter, film director, and playwright, best known for literary adaptations. Her notable screenplays include
Robin_Swicord
of Franz Wright Jay Wright (born 1935), African-US poet, playwright and essayist Judith Wright (1915–2000), Australian poet and environmentalist Lady Mary
List_of_poets
Shaffer (1926–2001); author, playwright Richard Wilson (1926–2018); physicist Peter Shaffer (1926–2016); author, playwright Alexis Korner (1928–1984); blues
List_of_Old_Paulines
New York City-based theatre company
Seventeenth Doll by Australian playwright Ray Lawler; Kongi's Harvest by Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka, Daddy Goodness by Richard Wright, and as their first play
Negro_Ensemble_Company
British theatre director and writer
Peter Gill (born 7 September 1939) is a Welsh theatre director, playwright, and actor. He was born in Cardiff to George John and Margaret Mary (née Browne)
Peter_Gill_(playwright)
2023 film by Wes Anderson
cast includes Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber
Asteroid_City
Mullen, comedian Hari Nef, actress Cynthia Nixon, actor Lynn Nottage, playwright Lupita Nyong'o, actress Olayemi Olurin, attorney Gabriel Palma, professor
2025 New York City mayoral election
2025_New_York_City_mayoral_election
American actor (1920–2000)
Broadway, Matthau originated the role of Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple by playwright Neil Simon, for which he received a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor
Walter_Matthau
British actor (born 1964)
Haymarket, alongside Sheridan Smith and Sienna Miller, as part of the playwright Terence Rattigan's centenary year celebrations. He appeared as part of
James_Purefoy
British playwright (1937–2025)
born Tomáš Sträussler; 3 July 1937 – 29 November 2025) was a British playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding
Tom_Stoppard
English playwright and theatre director (born 1986)
Robert Icke FRSL (/aɪk/; born 29 November 1986) is an English playwright and theatre director. He has been referred to as the "great hope of British theatre
Robert_Icke
American actor (born 1985)
Noël Coward Theatre. Groff played Clifford Anderson, a young brilliant playwright, starring alongside Simon Russell Beale as Sidney Bruhl, his professor
Jonathan_Groff
British actress
Graham Denise Coffey Royal Court Theatre AC/DC Heathcote Williams Nicholas Wright Royal Court Theatre Red Cross Sam Shepard Royal Court Theatre Backbone
Deborah_Norton
Non-profit theatre organization in Seattle
Beattie, December 2015. In 2018, Yussef El Guindi became a Core Company playwright member. In 2025, ACT Theatre signed a merger agreement with Seattle Shakespeare
ACT_Theatre
Australian born actress, playwright and suffragette in the UK
September 1871 – 10 October 1967) was an Australian born Jewish actress, playwright and suffragette in the UK. She was a leader of the Actresses' Franchise
Inez_Bensusan
American playwright
Rogelio Martinez is an American playwright, screenwriter, translator, actor, theater educator, and arts advocate, best known for his Cold War trilogy of
Rogelio_Martinez_(playwright)
English actor (born 1974)
stage and screen, he gained prominence for his role as Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice (2005). He gained wider recognition for playing Tom Wambsgans
Matthew_Macfadyen
English polemical writer
English Authors. New Ed. with Additions by James O. Halliwell and Thomas Wright. Russell Smith. p. 887. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "Lupton, Thomas (fl.1583)"
Thomas Lupton (16th-century writer)
Thomas_Lupton_(16th-century_writer)
Immortal Nicholas Flamel Maurice Scully – poet Darren Shan – novelist, author of The Saga of Darren Shan George Bernard Shaw – novelist, playwright, author
List_of_Irish_people
Russian writer (1799–1837)
26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the
Alexander_Pushkin
American actor (born 1952)
time at Central Michigan University. He not only was an actor but also playwright/director. He wrote and directed the musical Orchestrina. This musical
Terry_O'Quinn
Russian and Soviet author (1891–1940)
S. 3 May] 1891 – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel The Master and Margarita, published posthumously, has been
Mikhail_Bulgakov
Village in Essex, England
248603 The medieval parish church of St Nicholas was replaced by a Victorian one in 1895. Sarah Kane, playwright, referred to the village in the pseudonym
Kelvedon_Hatch
1902 crime detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
"Mrs. Hudson" Ametxazurra. Omari Douglas voices Dr. J Mortimer. Prolific playwright Tim Kelly adapted the story for the stage in 1976. One production was
The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles
1951 Argentine film
version of Richard Wright's novel Native Son, produced by Orson Welles. Welles worked with playwright Paul Green and Richard Wright himself on the adaptation
Native_Son_(1951_film)
American actor and filmmaker (born 1956)
Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme. He returned to the stage as performer and playwright in This World of Tomorrow, an adaptation of short stories written by Hanks
Tom_Hanks
(Metallurg Lipetsk, Sibir Novosibirsk, Rostov). Aroha Awarau, 49, New Zealand playwright and journalist. Namirembe Bitamazire, 84, Ugandan academic and politician
Deaths_in_January_2026
English actor (born 1974)
relationship drama Una, which was based upon the play Blackbird from Scottish playwright David Harrower, followed by filmmaker James Hughes' experimental film
Tobias_Menzies
American-born French entertainer (1906–1975)
"Bodies and Waves". In Buchberg, Karl D.; Cullinan, Nicholas; Hauptman, Jodi; Sirota, Nicholas; Friedman, Samantha; Frigeri, Flavia (eds.). Henri Matisse:
Josephine_Baker
English playwright, poet, and actor (1572–1637)
18 August 1637 [or possibly 6 August]) was an English actor, poet and playwright. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage
Ben_Jonson
Part of twentieth-century theatre
Kurosawa Lang Losey Lupino Lye Marker Minnelli Murnau Ozu Pabst Pudovkin Ray (Nicholas) Ray (Satyajit) Resnais Renoir Richardson Rossellini Sirk Sjöström Sternberg
Modernist_theatre
American actress (b. 1959)
Brenton, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Mrs. Klein by Nicholas Wright (in which she also toured with Uta Hagen) (1995–1996), Burnt Piano
Laila_Robins
Theatre building and theatre company in Washington, D.C.
small [theater] companies." From its early focus on Irish plays and playwrights, it has broadened its repertoire to include musicals and contemporary
Keegan_Theatre
2016 play by Jack Thorne
Potter and the Cursed Child, a two-part play, was written by British playwright Jack Thorne based on an original story by Rowling, John Tiffany, and Thorne
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry_Potter_and_the_Cursed_Child
Lover, S-94) and screenwriter. James Gadson, 86, American drummer (Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band) and session musician. Kristian Gerner
Deaths_in_April_2026
Name list
actor and director Jeremy Bulloch, English actor Jez Butterworth, English playwright, screenwriter, and film director Jeremy Camp, Christian musician Jeremy
Jeremy_(given_name)
Alumni of Marlbrough College
director Ernest Thesiger, actor Nicholas Woodeson, actor Jack Whitehall, comedian, television writer/producer and actor Angus Wright, actor Emerald Fennell, actress
List_of_Old_Marlburians
West wind god in Greek mythology
Emathion, sons of his mother Eos by the Trojan prince Tithonus. The Athenian playwright Aeschylus in his fifth-century BC play Agamemnon writes that Zephyrus
Zephyrus
Prosser, 89, academic Raimonds Staprans, 99, Latvian-born visual artist and playwright Willie Taylor, 79, basketball player January 30 Chip Berlet, 76, journalist
2026 deaths in the United States
2026_deaths_in_the_United_States
English actor (1933–1995)
artist's father in Moll Flanders, a 1996 Hollywood feature film starring Robin Wright Penn in the title role. The film, not to be confused with the 1996 ITV adaptation
Jeremy_Brett
(foreman) Wright, New York – Silas Wright (politician) Wright City, Missouri – Dr. H.C. Wright (settler) Wrightsboro, Georgia – Augustus R. Wright (judge)
List of places in the United States named after people
List_of_places_in_the_United_States_named_after_people
Irish-English actor (1940–2023)
as Sheridan Morley perceptively remarked in 2000, when reviewing Nicholas Wright's Cressida: "Gambon's eccentricity on stage now begins to rival that
Michael_Gambon
Day of the year
Duchess of Bourbon (died 1521) 1604 – Jean Mairet, French author and playwright (died 1686) 1697 – Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer (died
May_10
American actor and director (born 1957)
episode of the TV series Wiseguy. He also acted in one episode of American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts, and the film Identity Crisis directed by his father
Mario_Van_Peebles
American actor (born 1971)
Theatre's young playwrights' festival turns 20". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 26, 2025. "Screen, Please, Doctor | Noah Wyle". Nicholas Kralev. March
Noah_Wyle
Geographer Les Confins algéro-marocains Tristan Bernard France 7 December 1947 Playwright Mémoires d'un jeune homme rangé Jean-Richard Bloch France 15 March 1947
2018_in_public_domain
Literary genre
was a 35-minute adapted excerpt of the play RUR, written by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek, broadcast live from the BBC's Alexandra Palace studios on
Science_fiction
Broad-spectrum poisoning
Wright died by ingesting cyanide in a court anteroom immediately after being convicted of fraud. Gustav Wied, Danish novelist, poet, and playwright,
Cyanide_poisoning
1910 novel by E. M. Forster
won the Tony Award for best play, making Matthew López the first Latino playwright to win the award. … The play, which ran more than six hours in two separately
Howards_End
American writer and social activist (1901–1967)
1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. An early innovator of jazz poetry
Langston_Hughes
Promising playwright award
The George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright was founded in 1966, named in honour of the dramatist George Devine (1910–1966), co-founder and inaugural
George_Devine_Award
Annual American theater award
production" of a play during a theater season. Tom Stoppard is the only playwright to win the award more than once, with two wins for The Coast of Utopia
Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play
Drama_League_Award_for_Outstanding_Production_of_a_Play
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
was a Russian playwright and short story writer. Widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time, his career as a playwright produced four classics
Anton_Chekhov
It must be something we have eaten." — Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright and journalist (29 September 1902), dying of carbon monoxide poisoning
List of last words (20th century)
List_of_last_words_(20th_century)
American writer and activist (1924–1987)
came from Richard Wright, whom Baldwin called "the greatest black writer in the world". Wright and Baldwin became friends, and Wright helped Baldwin to
James_Baldwin
Irish writer (1854–1900)
Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became
Oscar_Wilde
1981 musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Niles", a playwright, was now Franklin Shepard, a composer; "Jonathan Crale", a painter, was now Charley Kringas, a lyricist and playwright; and "Julia
Merrily We Roll Along (musical)
Merrily_We_Roll_Along_(musical)
candidate for governor of New York in 2018 (third choice) Lynn Nottage, playwright (third choice) AnnaSophia Robb, actress (third choice) Dominique Sharpton
2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary
2025_New_York_City_Democratic_mayoral_primary
Views of the British author
entertainers and authors, including Ian McEwan, the actress Frances Barber, the playwright Tom Stoppard and the actor Griff Rhys Jones, was published in The Sunday
Political views of J. K. Rowling
Political_views_of_J._K._Rowling
1998 film by John Madden
Affleck, and Judi Dench. The film depicts a fictional love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare (Fiennes) and Viola de Lesseps (Paltrow) during the
Shakespeare_in_Love
Pâté, After.Life D. Woods Musician B.F.A., 2005 Member of girl group Danity Kane Doug Wright Playwright TSOA, 1987 Winner, 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
List of NYU Tisch School of the Arts people
List_of_NYU_Tisch_School_of_the_Arts_people
1972 play by Caryl Churchill
British playwright Caryl Churchill. It was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre's Theatre Upstairs in a production directed by Nicholas Wright. The
Owners_(play)
American actress (born 1949)
friends until his death. In 1982, she met and entered a relationship with playwright Sam Shepard. They had two children: daughter Hannah Jane Shepard (born
Jessica_Lange
British actress (born 1974)
involved with new writing creating many roles including Anna Van Gogh in Nicholas Wright's multi award-winning play Vincent in Brixton directed by Richard Eyre
Emma_Handy
German playwright and poet (1898–1956)
theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a playwright in Munich and moved to
Bertolt_Brecht
Maximus tells the same story about the death of the Athenian poet and playwright Philemon (d. c. 262 BC). Hoff, Ursula (1937). "Meditation in Solitude"
List of unusual deaths in antiquity
List_of_unusual_deaths_in_antiquity
Australian arts company
social-justice company based in Tasmania. Big hART was founded in 1992 by playwright and director Scott Rankin and John Bakes in Burnie, north-western Tasmania
Big_hART
84, Australian jockey and horse trainer. Nikolay Kolyada, 68, Russian playwright, actor, and stage director, double pneumonia. Timothy D. Leonard, 86,
Deaths_in_March_2026
British-American poet (1907–1973)
ISBN 978-0-394-48359-7. The Times, 5 July 1922 (Issue 43075), p. 12, col. D Wright, Hugh, "Auden and Gresham's", Conference & Common Room, Vol. 44, No. 2,
W._H._Auden
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, British playwright and poet Robert Jason Sherman, American songwriter and playwright. Worshipful Master, Lodge of Faith and
List_of_Freemasons_(E–Z)
NICHOLAS WRIGHT-PLAYWRIGHT
NICHOLAS WRIGHT-PLAYWRIGHT
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Biblical, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss
Conquerer of the People; Variant of Nicholas; People's Victory; Victorious Person
Male
Portuguese
Catalan and Portuguese form of Latin Nicolaus, NICOLAU means "victor of the people."
Surname or Lastname
Spanish (Nicolás), French, Dutch, Greek, etc
Spanish (Nicolás), French, Dutch, Greek, etc : from the personal name Nicolas, the usual spelling of Greek Nikolaos in many languages (see Nicholas).English (common in Wales) : variant spelling of Nicholas.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, French, Greek, Hebrew
Feminine of Nicholas People's Victory; People's Victory
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Nicolaus, NICOLA means "victor of the people."
Girl/Female
Australian, French, Greek
People's Victory; Female Version of Nicholas
Boy/Male
Greek American Shakespearean
People's victory. St. Nicholas is the patron saint of children, sailors, and pawnbrokers - Santa...
Female
English
Feminine form of English Nicholas, NICHOLA means "victor of the people."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Nichols.
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Aonghus, NICHOLAS means "excellent valor." English form of French Nicolas, meaning "victor of the people."Â
Girl/Female
Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Greek, Jamaican
Female Version of Nicholas; People's Victory; Victorious People
Male
French
French form of Latin Nicolaus, NICOLAS means "victor of the people."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Nicholas, NICKOLAS means "victor of the people."
Girl/Female
Greek
People's victory. St. Nicholas is the patron saint of children, sailors, and pawnbrokers - Santa...
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Nicolaus, NICOLAO means "victor of the people."
Surname or Lastname
Variant of Nicolai 2.English
Variant of Nicolai 2.English : variant of Nicholas.
Girl/Female
French American
Feminine of Nicholas: people's victory.
Girl/Female
Australian, French, Greek
People's Victory; Female Version of Nicholas
Male
German
German form of French Nicolas, NICKOLAUS means "victor of the people."Â
Girl/Female
French American
Feminine of Nicholas: people's victory.
NICHOLAS WRIGHT-PLAYWRIGHT
NICHOLAS WRIGHT-PLAYWRIGHT
Female
Hindi/Indian
(काली) Hindi myth name of the wife of Shiva, KALI means "the black one" and "devourer of time." Compare with another form of Kali.
Female
English
 English name derived from the vocabulary word sienna, SIENNA means "reddish-orange."Â
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
One who Praises Allah
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Great
Boy/Male
Tamil
Origin
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Pinckney.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Invincible Light
Boy/Male
American, British, Christian, English
Warrior; Fighter; Champion
Male
Scottish
Pet form of Medieval Scottish Huchon, SHUG means "heart," "mind," or "spirit."
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Most beautiful one
NICHOLAS WRIGHT-PLAYWRIGHT
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NICHOLAS WRIGHT-PLAYWRIGHT
NICHOLAS WRIGHT-PLAYWRIGHT
adv.
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.
superl
Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; as, the apartment is light.
a.
Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
v. t.
To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.
n.
Weight.
adv.
Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.
adv.
In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.
a.
To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.
superl.
Slight; not important; as, a light error.
v. t.
A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.
adv.
In a right manner.
a.
To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
v. t.
To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.
v. t.
A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
superl.
Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.
a.
Not right; wrong.
a.
Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.
superl.
Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
a.
Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty.
a.
That which is right or correct.