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Definition of “rightness

rightness (ˈraɪtnɪsPronunciation for rightness

Definitions

noun

  1. the state or quality of being right

Usage examples

  • Once she'd made the decision, excitement and a sense of the rightness of her choice, flooded through her.
    Cathy Kelly, JUST BETWEEN US (2002)
  • Hariharan manages to instil a certain sense of rightness rather than dissatisfaction that unresolved endings can cause.
    India Today (2003)
  • But Howard dwelt mainly on partnership in past wars, the campaign against terrorism and the rightness of the war in Iraq.
    New Zealand Herald (2003)
  • Even in-flight just about all rightness remains challenging.
    Times, Sunday Times (2005)
  • More & more, however, I am now coming to believe in the rightness of abstinence for me.
    Williams Kenneth & Davies, Russell (ed.), The Kenneth Williams Diaries (1994)

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