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How to pronounce rightness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms correctness
Type of quality
Derivation right
Type Words
Synonyms justness, nicety
Type of conformance, conformity
Type Words
Synonyms appropriateness
Type of propriety, correctitude, properness
Derivation right
Type Words
Type of morality
Derivation right

Examples of rightness

rightness
The displays here have a sense of rightness to them rather than an air of oddity.
From the boston.com
But mostly it's her commanding presence and her unimpeachable sense of rightness.
From the guardian.co.uk
The rightness or wrongness of capital punishment is almost irrelevant in this case.
From the thenewstribune.com
I would have been utterly convinced of the rightness of nationalising steel.
From the smh.com.au
For instance, Neill Postman is right about TV, but it's not a complicated rightness.
From the theatlantic.com
They let their courage speak for them, and for the rightness of their cause.
From the theatlantic.com
But overall it is the altogether rightness that makes this such an appealing choice.
From the express.co.uk
Eyes on the Prize recalls the days when the sheer rightness of the cause was enough.
From the time.com
You cannot reshape an industry without extraordinary confidence in your own rightness.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • According with conscience or morality
  • Appropriateness: appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
  • Correctness: conformity to fact or truth
  • Justness: conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty"
  • (rightly) with honesty; "he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time"
  • Righter is an American surname, and may refer to: * Carroll Righter (1900-1988), American astrologer * Dale Righter (born 1966), American politician * Erwin Righter (1897-1985), American rugby union footballer
  • (righter) comparative form of right: more right
  • Appropriate in light of existing norms and values (1979, p. 3).