righteously

In a righteous manner.

Adverb

  1. In a righteous manner.
    • One hoped, and the other despaired: they chose their own lots, and were righteously doomed to endure them. But you’ll not want to hear my 'moralising, Mr. Lockwood; you’ll judge, as well as I can, all these things: -...
    • We uttered our chagrin that the spokesmen for the American conscience—aye, for the "conscience of civilization"—had sanctioned the confessed immorality of the Shantung award to satisfy a secret covenant against which we...
    • Even if Trump isn’t righteously jousting with the judge and being persecuted by the Soros machine, he can tell his base that he is. Even better, he can talk a good game without doing things that might risk judicial...

    Synonyms: morally rightly right-mindedly becomingly chastely continently correctly decently decorously deservingly dutifully duteously meritoriously modestly nobly righteously virtuously worthily

Origin

From Middle English rightwisly, from Old English rihtwīslīce; equivalent to righteous + -ly.

Forms

more righteously most righteously rightwisely

Related

arightly damn right rightfully rightly rightly so self-righteously serve someone right