righteously

English

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Etymology

From Middle English rightwisly, from Old English rihtwīslīce; equivalent to righteous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

righteously (comparative more righteously, superlative most righteously)

  1. In a righteous manner.
    Synonyms: morally, rightly, right-mindedly; see also Thesaurus:virtuously
    • 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], “chapter 17”, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:
      One hoped, and the other despaired: they chose their own lots, and were righteously doomed to endure them. But you’ll not want to hear my 'moralising, Mr. Lockwood; you’ll judge, as well as I can, all these things:
    • 1920 [1919 September 11], Frederick E. Schortemeier, “Safeguarding America”, in Rededicating America: Life and Recent Speeches of Warren G. Harding‎[1], Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 79‎[2]:
      We uttered our chagrin that the spokesmen for the American conscience—aye, for the "conscience of civilization"—had sanctioned the confessed immorality of the Shantung award to satisfy a secret covenant against which we righteously proclaimed, and we did all we can do to right the wrong.
    • 2024 April 16, David A. Graham, “Trump’s Alternate-Reality Criminal Trial”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic‎[3], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 April 2025:
      Even if Trump isn’t righteously jousting with the judge and being persecuted by the Soros machine, he can tell his base that he is. Even better, he can talk a good game without doing things that might risk judicial sanctions.

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