right-hearted

adjective

Having a right heart or disposition; good-hearted.

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Meanings

adjectiveright-hearted (comparative more right-hearted, superlative most right-hearted)

comparative more right-hearted · superlative most right-hearted

  1. Having a right heart or disposition; good-hearted.

    Worship proper, or reverence, is the natural reflection or re-action of a right-hearted soul, in view of the mystery and majesty, the moral perfection and the tender love, of God.

    2009, Noah Porter, The Elements of Moral Science
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    They started the communities and established laws to make sure the right-hearted people were given an equal opportunity of life. They also were able to stop the happenings of experimentation of the right-hearted people.

    2013, Louis Alexandrè, The Right-Hearted People

Origin

From right + hearted. Compare Old English rihtheort (“upright in heart; right-hearted”), Old High German rehtherzi (“upright in heart”).

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APA

right-hearted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/right-hearted

MLA

“right-hearted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/right-hearted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “right-hearted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/right-hearted.

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