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rightness
[ rahyt-nis ]
noun
- correctness or accuracy.
- propriety or fitness.
- moral integrity.
- Obsolete. straightness or directness.
ˈrightness
/ ˈraɪtnɪs /
noun
- the state or quality of being right
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rightness1
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Example Sentences
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.
We all want people to be convinced of the rightness (and righteousness) of our positions.
And so these features take on a kind of moral rightness before they are judged of as pleasing to the eye and as beautiful.
You may have similar qualms over rent and the rightness and wrongness of it.
And that again is because they are not clean enough themselves to value rightness above rubies!
And, during the years of my preparation, there never came to me a doubt of the rightness of my decision.
Again the assurance of perfect rightness came back in a mighty roar from the hills.
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