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righteously

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right·eous  (rchs)
adj.
1. Morally upright; without guilt or sin: a righteous parishioner.
2. In accordance with virtue or morality: a righteous judgment.
3. Morally justifiable: righteous anger. See Synonyms at moral.
n.
Righteous people considered as a group.

[Middle English ryghtuous, alteration of rihtwise, from Old English rihtws : riht, right; see right + -wse, -wise.]

righteous·ly adv.
righteous·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.righteously - in a righteous manner; "righteously indignant"
unrighteously - in an unrighteous manner; "he acted unrighteously"
Translations
righteously [ˈraɪtʃəslɪ] ADV
1. (= virtuously) → honradamente, rectamente
2. (= self-righteously) → con un aire de superioridad moral; [say] → con un tono de superioridad moral
3. (= justifiably) → justamente
to be righteously indignant/angryestar justamente indignado/enfadado
righteously


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There are wise people who talk ever so knowingly and complacently about "the working classes," and satisfy themselves that a day's hard in- tellectual work is very much harder than a day's hard manual toil, and is righteously entitled to much bigger pay.
"If I could once ketch that consarned old thief," exclaimed Abner righteously, "I'd make him dance,--workin' off a stolen sleigh on me an' takin' away my good money an' cider press, to say nothin' o' my character
She had not known me, that was all; and when she saw the sign of love from a stranger she was offended and righteously indignant.
 
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