The lady has been disappointed on the right side.
Spectator.
8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the
muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; -- opposed
to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right
side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower
animals.
Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand.
Longfellow.
In designating the banks of a river, right and left are used always
with reference to the position of one who is facing in the direction of
the current's flow.
9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated;
correctly done.
10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a
piece of cloth.
At right angles, so as to form a right angle or right angles, as when
one line crosses another perpendicularly. -- Right and left, in both or
all directions. [Colloq.] -- Right and left coupling (Pipe fitting), a
coupling the opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw
and a left-handed screw, respectivelly. -- Right angle. (a) The angle
formed by one line meeting another perpendicularly, as the angles ABD,
DBC. (b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the axes of two
great circles whose planes are perpendicular to each other. -- Right
ascension. See under Ascension. -- Right Center (Politics), those
members belonging to the Center in a legislative assembly who have
sympathies with the Right on political questions. See Center, n., 5. --
Right cone, Right cylinder, Right prism, Right pyramid (Geom.), a cone,
cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the axis of which is perpendicular to the
base. -- Right line. See under Line. -- Right sailing (Naut.), sailing
on one of the four cardinal points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or
its longitude, but not both. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Right sphere (Astron.
& Geol.), a sphere in such a position that the equator cuts the horizon
at right angles; in spherical projections, that position of the sphere
in which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the equator.
Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you say is right,
true.
"Right," cries his lordship.
Pope.
Syn. -- Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful; rightful;
true; correct; just; equitable; proper; suitable; becoming.
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.
Chaucer.
Let thine eyes look right on.
Prov. iv. 25.
Right across its track there lay, Down in the water, a long reef of
gold.
Tennyson.