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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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