unrighteously

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adverb

In an unrighteous manner.

Opposite
Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbunrighteously (comparative more unrighteously, superlative most unrighteously)

comparative more unrighteously · superlative most unrighteously

  1. In an unrighteous manner.

    Set a happy and an influential example to your fellow slaveholders, by a righteous treatment of those, whom you unrighteously hold in bondage.

    1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
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    On the other hand, there are persons who have continually disapproved of the principle of compensation for a wrong given up, or the loss of an advantage unrighteously purchased.

    1900, Josephine Elizabeth Butler, Native Races and the War

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin an unrighteous manner

Opposite
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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unrighteously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrighteously

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unrighteously,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrighteously.

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