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† right-forth, adv. and a. [f. right adv. + forth adv. Cf. forthright.] A. adv. Straight forward; in a straight course.
1382Wyclif Ps. ci. 29 The sed of hem in to the world shal be riȝtforth reulid. 1587Golding De Mornay xiv. (1592) 218 Reason certifieth vs that they runne rightfoorth with equall distance one from another. B. adj. Direct; straight-forward.
1540R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. (1592) vj, All shall be simple and right forth, demure, sober. 1561Eden Arte Nauig. i. vi, The earth dyd moue..not by a ryght forth motion, but circulerly about. |