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right now
1. adv. At the present moment.
I'm not feeling very good right now.
2. adv. Immediately.
You'd better get out of here right now!
Analysis
right		©
1. adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
a right line
2. adj. (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
3. adj. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
now		©
1. adj. Present; current.
2. adj. (archaic, legal) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marria
Now wife.
3. adj. (informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
I think this band's sound is very now.

Example Sentences

I can't do this right now.  It's not like what I do right now doesn't have levels to it, too.  Look, she's smiling at us right now.  Right now, I must alert your father.  I could go for a steak right now.

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