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rightness

[rahyt-nis] / ˈraɪt nɪs /




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I did just have this feeling of rightness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

We tend to believe that legality establishes rightness, establishes legitimacy.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026

By giving Haddix, who is convinced of the rightness of her feelings and the righteousness of her cause, space to talk, Goode does at least allow her some dimension.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024

The sensation of taste and the pleasure food brings versus the maintaining of a sense of rightness in how we pursue these pleasures.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024

It had been, he saw now, a war marriage, hurried into because there was no choice and because both of them felt the rightness of it.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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