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righteously

ADVERB
justly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accurately correctly decently duly equally equitably honestly honorably impartially lawfully legally legitimately properly reasonably rightfully rightly
WEAK
befittingly beneficently benevolently benignly candidly charitably decorously duteously dutifully evenhandedly fitly fittingly frankly helpfully moderately nicely piously respectably straightforwardly temperately tolerantly unreservedly uprightly virtuously well
Antonyms
STRONGEST
wrongly
WEAK
unfairly unjustly
ADVERB
morally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
properly scrupulously
WEAK
appropriately conscientiously decently fairly honestly honorably justly laudably respectably trustworthily truthfully uprightly
Antonyms
WEAK
dishonorably worthlessly wrongly
ADVERB
right
Synonyms
STRONG
decently properly
WEAK
conscientiously dispassionately equitably ethically evenly honestly honorably impartially lawfully legitimately morally objectively reliably sincerely squarely virtuously without bias without prejudice
Antonyms
WEAK
inaccurately inappropriately incorrectly indirectly unfairly unjustly unsuitably wrongly
ADVERB
truly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absolutely actually definitely exactly genuinely honestly legitimately positively rightly sincerely surely very
WEAK
accurately authentically beyond doubt beyond question confirmedly constantly correctly de facto devotedly factually faithfully firmly honorably in actuality in fact in reality in truth loyally precisely reliably staunchly steadily truthfully unequivocally veraciously veritably with all one's heart with devotion without a doubt
Antonyms
STRONGEST
doubtfully questionably
WEAK
dubiously indefinite

Example Sentences

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He’s not wrong; people are righteously fed up.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

But the point is also made quite righteously that the resources behind sports betting, abetted by the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

His father, Simcha Goldin, hailed his son as a "Jewish warrior", while urging tearful mourners to "behave righteously and do not hate one another. That is Hadar's legacy."

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Even amid the overlapping crises of homelessness, fires, economic travails, righteously disruptive protests, downtown has too much appeal to stay down forever.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

A nasty letter or a sarcastic one can make you righteously angry, but what can you do about a polite letter of rejection?

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg