rightness
Americannoun
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correctness or accuracy.
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propriety or fitness.
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moral integrity.
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Obsolete. straightness or directness.
noun
Etymology
Origin of rightness
before 950; Middle English; Old English rihtnes. See right, -ness
Example Sentences
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Watching these two men realize their mutual Mr. Rightness is the chief pleasure of “Bros,” especially since Macfarlane, with his easygoing vibes and puppy-dog eyes, makes such a natural foil for Eichner’s unbridled exuberance.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2022
Rightness is an ongoing commitment not to let yourself drift to the easier, tempting relationship when no part of you is in the mood to deal with the difficult relationship.
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2021
Their wives scorn elegance in favor of unobtrusive Rightness, are kindly amused by the Locals, find butlers ostentatious and profess a terror of intellectuals.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rightness somehow or other must be at the root of things, or we shouldn’t be a living world at all.”
From Robinetta by McAulay, Allan
Rightness and good, wrongness and evil, these could not possibly be other than assessments of furtherance or threat to the ascendancy of me-and-mine at the center of things, and had no meaning beyond that context.
From Eight Keys to Eden by Clifton, Mark
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