Literary characters with a leaning to the right (7)
I believe the answer is:
italics
'literary characters with a leaning to the right' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'characters with a leaning to the right' is the wordplay.
'characters' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a leaning to the right' becomes 'italic' (I've seen this in another clue).
's' after 'italic' is 'ITALICS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for italics that I've seen before include "Cursive script" , "Letters in sloping type" , "Typeface with letters slanting to the right" , "Sloping characters" , "List CIA with letters that slant" .)