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RIGHT-MINDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right-minded mean? 

RIGHT-MINDED (adjective)
  The adjective RIGHT-MINDED has 1 sense:

1. disposed toward or having views based on what is rightplay

  Familiarity information: RIGHT-MINDED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RIGHT-MINDED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Disposed toward or having views based on what is right

Context example:

respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have

Similar:

correct; right (correct in opinion or judgment)


 Context examples 


Living constantly with right-minded and well-informed people, her heart and understanding had received every advantage of discipline and culture; and Colonel Campbell's residence being in London, every lighter talent had been done full justice to, by the attendance of first-rate masters.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)



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