right-justifyv.
/ˌrʌɪtˈdʒʌstᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌraɪtˈdʒəstəˌfaɪ/ transitive. To justify (justify v. 8) (a printed text) so that it has a straight right margin.
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1962 Amer. Documentation Jan. 65/1 If an rj(right justify) or cr(centre) code is operative, justification proceeds as for the in code until the last line is encountered.
1970 Computers & Humanities 4 169 The point at which the line is to be padded with blanks to right-justify the reference.
1980 R. L. Glass Second Coming 58 He could right justify and multiple column per page and footnote with only a little more work.
2001 N. Barber & D. Reynolds Office 2001 for Macintosh xiii. 449 Excel..right-justifies numbers, and left-justifies text.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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