-rightsuffix, representing OE.rihtadj. and rihteadv., which are employed as suffixes in OE.forðriht, -rihte forthright, and upriht, -rihte upright. A few other compounds of the same type appear first in early ME., as †adownright, †anonright, downright, †evenright, outright, and somewhat later foreright, overright.
-right/rʌɪt/suffix (not productive).
ORIGIN: from rightadjective, adverb.
Forming a few adjectives and adverbs with the sense ‘straight, direct(ly)’, as forthright, outright, upright, etc.