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rightsome

rightsome adjective: marked by right or rightness; characteristically right and proper; rightful.

Adjective

rightsome (comparative more rightsome, superlative most rightsome)

  1. Marked by right or rightness; characteristically right and proper; rightful.
    • … and of your power and bountie, I had never done nothing prejudiciall to Your Grace is pleasure ; but I was counselled by light people, wherof now I am rightsome.1834 (original 1535), O'Brien to King Henry VIII
    • She was bound to keep silent, for to speak up for him would make a fool of him,she felt. 'I can't see him lasting,' Mrs Shotover said. 'I've no objection whatsoever to surely Roman Catholics—in their rightsome place, that is.2011, Elizabeth Taylor, In a Summer Season

Forms of rightsome

comparativemore rightsome
superlativemost rightsome

Origin of rightsome

From right + -some.

Questions about rightsome

What does rightsome mean?
Rightsome means marked by right or rightness; characteristically right and proper; rightful.
What part of speech is rightsome?
Rightsome is an adjective.

Words near rightsome in the dictionary

  1. rightsizes
  2. rightsizing
  3. rightsizings
  4. rightsless
  5. rightslessness
  6. rightsome
  7. rightsowner
  8. rightsowners
  9. rightthink
  10. righturd
  11. righturds

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