"dret" meaning in French

See dret in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dʁɛ/ Forms: drette [feminine], drets [masculine, plural], drettes [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adjective}} dret (feminine drette, masculine plural drets, feminine plural drettes)
  1. (obsolete) (slang) form of droit Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dret-fr-adj-F7PqWAxU Categories (other): Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 1 33 11 5 18 3 26 0 0 0 3 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 37 7 3 18 2 31 0 0 0 2 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 100 0

Adverb

IPA: /dʁɛ/ Forms: dreit [alternative]
Head templates: {{fr-adverb}} dret
  1. (obsolete) exactly, precisely Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dret-fr-adv-z4Z95eOu
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          "english": "But I don't know anything! I don't need to tell you that there is a guard to the right of the tower.",
          "ref": "1984, Honoré de Balzac, chapter XVIII, in La muse du département ; Un prince de la bohème, page 98:",
          "text": "Mais je ne sais rien, moi ! Je n’ai pas besoin de vous dire qu’il y a une sentinelle au dret de la tour.",
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          "text": "Quand à la maison il rentrait\nSa petite femme il battait.\nIl la battait si juste\nQu’il n’y’avait rien d’ plus juste.\nIl la battait tout dret,\nPas plus qu’il n’en fallait.",
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