rightness
correctness or accuracy.
propriety or fitness.
moral integrity.
Obsolete. straightness or directness.
Origin of rightness
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How to use rightness in a sentence
Most female pop stars play directly into the “invisible rightness” that surrounds heterosexuality.
Wouk takes for granted - not only the rightness of the war's cause - but also the worth and merit of the warriors.
Since then they have fallen over themselves to prove the rightness of their forecast.
I believe in the rightness of it, and I believe I have a right to it.
Smashing Pumpkins Frontman Billy Corgan: What I Learned as a Rock Star | Billy Corgan | July 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWe all want people to be convinced of the rightness (and righteousness) of our positions.
What’s the Truth Behind the Viral Post About a Gay Christian Teen? | Jesse Singal | April 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
And so these features take on a kind of moral rightness before they are judged of as pleasing to the eye and as beautiful.
Children's Ways | James SullyYou may have similar qualms over rent and the rightness and wrongness of it.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockAnd that again is because they are not clean enough themselves to value rightness above rubies!
There and Back | George MacDonaldAnd, during the years of my preparation, there never came to me a doubt of the rightness of my decision.
Mary and I | Stephen Return RiggsAgain the assurance of perfect rightness came back in a mighty roar from the hills.
Corporal Cameron | Ralph Connor
British Dictionary definitions for rightness
/ (ˈraɪtnɪs) /
the state or quality of being right
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