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right-mindedly

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English

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Etymology

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From right-minded +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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

  1. In a right-minded manner; sanely or virtuously.
    • 2003, James Branch Cabell, The Devil's Own Dear Son, →ISBN, page xxiv:
      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
    • 2008, Paul A. Wagner, Douglas J. Simpson, Ethical Decision Making in School Administration, →ISBN, page 47:
      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.”