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RIGHTEOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does righteously mean?
• RIGHTEOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb RIGHTEOUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a righteous manner
Familiarity information: RIGHTEOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a righteous manner
Context example:
righteously indignant
Antonym:
unrighteously (in an unrighteous manner)
Pertainym:
righteous (characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice)
Context examples
Hardly had the carriage entered the grounds, when he was set upon by a sheep-dog, bright- eyed, sharp-muzzled, righteously indignant and angry.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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