correctitude
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of correctitude
Example Sentences
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Friends and colleagues describe him as modest yet tenacious, with an mix of shyness and ambition, inscrutability, correctitude and warmth.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2019
Seeking further confirmation of my correctitude, I popped into a black barbershop in a racially diverse neighborhood, the On Point Barber Salon in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
From Slate • Mar. 2, 2015
The Hitchcock is a glass of gin, and a glass of gin has its merits, but being correctly called a martini is not among them—and a martini lacking in correctitude is missing a soul.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2013
Peace will not be preserved by pious sentiments expressed in terms of platitudes or by official grimaces and diplomatic correctitude.
From Time Magazine Archive
He armed himself with a cold correctitude of politeness, and lowered the social temperature instead of raising it.
From Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch by Huxley, Leonard
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