The difference between Right and Slap-bang

When used as adverbs, right means on the right side, whereas slap-bang means directly or immediately.

Right is also interjection with the meaning: yes, that is correct.

Right is also noun with the meaning: that which complies with justice, law or reason.

Right is also verb with the meaning: to correct.

Right is also adjective with the meaning: straight, not bent.

check bellow for the other definitions of Right and Slap-bang

Right as an adjective (archaic):

Straight, not bent.

Examples:

"a right line"
Right as an adjective (geometry):

Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.

Examples:

"The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall."
Right as an adjective (geometry):

Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.

Examples:

"a right triangle'', ''a right prism'', ''a right cone"
Right as an adjective:

Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.

Examples:

"I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along."

"It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work."
Right as an adjective:

Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.

Examples:

"Is this the right software for my computer?"
Right as an adjective:

Healthy, sane, competent.

Examples:

"I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind."
Right as an adjective:

Real; veritable (used emphatically).

Examples:

"You've made a right mess of the kitchen!"
Right as an adjective (Australia):

All right; not requiring assistance.
Right as an adjective (dated):

Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
Right as an adjective:

Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →

Examples:

"After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left."
Right as an adjective:

Designed to be placed or worn outward.

Examples:

"the right side of a piece of cloth"
Right as an adjective (politics):

Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

Right as an adverb:

On the right side.
Right as an adverb:

Towards the right side.
Right as an adverb:

Exactly, precisely.

Examples:

"The arrow landed right in the middle of the target."

"Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film."
Right as an adverb:

Immediately, directly.

Examples:

"Can't you see it? It's right beside you!"

"Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view."
Right as an adverb (British, US, dialect):

Very, extremely, quite.

Examples:

"I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?"

"I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much."
Right as an adverb:

According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
Right as an adverb:

In a correct manner.

Examples:

"Do it right or don't do it at all."
Right as an adverb (dated, still used in some titles):

To a great extent or degree.

Examples:

"Sir, I am right glad to meet you …"

"Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life."

"The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci."

Right as a noun:

That which complies with justice, law or reason.

Examples:

"We're on the side of right in this contest."
Right as a noun:

A legal, just or moral entitlement.

Examples:

"You have no right to go through my personal diary."

"see also'' [[in right of]]"
Right as a noun:

The right side or direction.

Examples:

"The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop."
Right as a noun:

The right hand.
Right as a noun (politics):

The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.

Examples:

"The political right holds too much power."
Right as a noun:

The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

Right as a verb (transitive):

To correct.

Examples:

"'Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible."
Right as a verb (transitive):

To set upright.

Examples:

"The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile."
Right as a verb (intransitive):

To return to normal upright position.

Examples:

"When the wind died down, the ship righted."
Right as a verb (transitive):

To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

Examples:

"to right the oppressed"

Slap-bang as an adverb:

directly or immediately
Slap-bang as an adverb:

in a violent or sudden or noisy manner

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