right-mindedly

adverb

In a right-minded manner; sanely or virtuously.

Meanings

adverbright-mindedly (comparative more right-mindedly, superlative most right-mindedly)

comparative more right-mindedly · superlative most right-mindedly

  1. In a right-minded manner; sanely or virtuously.

    That a down-to-date precisian may right-mindedly label us frumps, I am not denying; that we are even those odd obsolescent creatures such as used to be called ladies and gentlemen, I concede with blushes

    2003, James Branch Cabell, The Devil's Own Dear Son, →ISBN, page xxiv
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    Understanding ethical theory is important in figuring out in full and subtle detail how to treat others right-mindedly and not settle for the expedient, or what a sportscaster might call “a near miss.”

    2008, Paul A. Wagner, Douglas J. Simpson, Ethical Decision Making in School Administration, →ISBN, page 47

    Synonyms: correctly, rightly, righteously, becomingly, chastely, continently, correctly, decently

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