Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

right-mindedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: right--mind-ed-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a right-minded manner; sanely or virtuously.

Example Sentences

"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"
"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.”"

Etymology

From right-minded + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: right-minded

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

correctly rightly righteously becomingly chastely continently decently decorously deservingly dutifully duteously meritoriously

Questions

What does right-mindedly mean?: In a right-minded manner; sanely or virtuously.
Where does right-mindedly come from?: From right-minded + -ly.

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