ADVERB
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by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved
a peer in his own right
a leading sports figure in his own right
she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance
a fine opera in its own right
an excellent novel in its own right
How To Use in its own right In A Sentence
- A time-lapse camera recorded the entire event, compressing it into a 100-minute film that became a work in its own right.
- Both as a pointer to the future and as a spectacle in its own right, the Championships have produced a quality of football that had at least one viewer occasionally leaping from his armchair to applaud the action.
- Nevertheless the anomalousness of aesthetics is worth thinking about in its own right. Aesthetic Judgment
- Sunday's quake was both an aftershock of last year's tremor, and an earthquake in its own right.
- Drama is both a creative art form in its own right and an instrument of learning.
- This bandy-legged, sawed-off little rat racer is awfully interesting in its own right. Fanboys in Flight: Subaru Roars In on a Wing
- Particularly clever is the use of the extracted reverberation from the harp, used as an eerie synthesizer patch in its own right.
- Now it may be that a lunar outpost is valuable in its own right but if as many people say its primary purpose is as a stepping stone to Mars, I need to hear the argument about why the quickest/cheapest path to Mars passes through the moon (figuratively of course!). common sense Moon Outpost or Bust - NASA Watch
- In instrumental form, it's an epic in its own right, easing you into a laidback mood, and generally making you feel good.
- A number of large Avens and Boulder Chambers add further intrigue to a fascinating area, which could almost qualify as a complete cave system in its own right.
