"righty" meaning in English

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Interjection

Etymology: right + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|right|y}} right + -y Head templates: {{en-interj}} righty
  1. (informal) Right; used to indicate agreement or change of topic. Tags: informal Derived forms: all righty, righty-ho
    Sense id: en-righty-en-intj-jA9NM8Ns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rightie

Noun

Forms: righties [plural]
Etymology: right + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|right|y}} right + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} righty (plural righties)
  1. (US, informal) A right-handed person. Tags: US, informal Categories (topical): People Synonyms: northpaw [informal], right-hander Translations (a right-handed person): pravák [masculine] (Czech), pravačka [feminine] (Czech), Rechtshänder [masculine] (German), Rechtshänderin [feminine] (German), destrimano [masculine] (Italian), destro [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-righty-en-noun-AKbwpqU~ Disambiguation of People: 17 78 4 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 49 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 47 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 18 53 29 Disambiguation of 'a right-handed person': 85 15
  2. (UK, informal, politics) A right-wing person. Tags: UK, informal Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-righty-en-noun-kp0DmA~6 Categories (other): British English Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rightie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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