headlong vs rightwise

headlong

adv
  • With an unrestrained forward motion. 

  • Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; in haste, hastily. 

  • With the head first or down. 

adj
  • Rushing forward without restraint. 

  • Precipitous. 

  • Reckless, impetuous. 

  • Plunging downwards head foremost. 

verb
  • To precipitate. 

rightwise

adv
  • By a rightward path; rightwards, rightwardly; clockwise (in a clockwise manner). 

  • Rightly (correctly or justly); rightfully. 

adj
  • Rightward (to or from the right side); on the right side. 

  • Clockwise, moving clockwise. 

How often have the words headlong and rightwise occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )