rightish

Vaguely toward starboard

Rightish means somewhat to the right—usually politically, occasionally directionally.

It hedges: not firmly conservative, but leaning that way.

Her views are rightish on economics but liberal on social issues.

Turn rightish at the fork.

The suffix -ish softens the commitment.

approximate

roughly

In approximate terms

ballpark · more-or-less · approximately · around · nearish · sort-of · loosely · vaguely · thereabouts · circa

political

neo-conservative

Interventionist right-wing ideology

Opposites
political orientation

rightishleftish

Somewhat politically progressive

left-leaning · leftward · left-of-center · left · progressive

correctness

rightishwrongish

Somewhat mistaken or inaccurate

off · mistaken · inaccurate · wrong · erroneous

Family

rightist, rightists, rightism

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