righteously indignant. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a righteous observance of the law. ,righteous indignation. ,a righteous and godly person. ,some righteous playing by a jazz great. From Dictionary.com.
With arguments often eerily reminiscent of old rationales for black oppression, gays and lesbians remain openly, legally and even, 'righteously', discriminated against. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Henry Adams: Celebrating Homo-Harlem] Reference
Even so, House Democrats are righteously indignant. From Wordnik.com. [Gingrich Goes Ballistic] Reference
When he sat in judgment, he did not judge righteously. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)] Reference
Starr looked less mendacious than righteously indignant. From Wordnik.com. [The Starr Chamber] Reference
She had now recovered from that and was righteously angry. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
No man without the Word understandeth or judgeth righteously. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
What availeth it to a man to talk righteously when virtue is not in him?. From Wordnik.com. [The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure] Reference
"'Cause me and Jabe are two different men," declared Parloe, righteously. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
These days, he sounds wise but juicy, righteously angry but graced by wit. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. John: Righteous Anger, Graced By Wit] Reference
To live soberly righteously and piously comprehends the whole of our duty. From Wordnik.com. [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference
It was difficult to be righteously wroth with her, but Sara steeled her heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
England, and righteously indignant at many a taunt that had been launched against her. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
I suppose that President Obama was trying to look righteously indignant for the public. From Wordnik.com. [President Obama's Bum Remark] Reference
Who would be happy in the married life must enter into it well and live it righteously. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
To the mountain mind the policeman becomes the embodiment of a righteously executed law. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896] Reference
"Thus saith the Eternal, Observe justice and act righteously, for my salvation is near.". From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
The central problem of this piece is whether the gods govern the world righteously or not. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
"When reviled he reviled not again, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.". From Wordnik.com. [Life and Conduct] Reference
It was also very difficult, she found, to remain righteously angry with such an impossible person. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
"The ---- prince once more requests of (all) future kings that they may protect the monastery righteously.". From Wordnik.com. [Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java] Reference
We can all find many reasons to righteously justify our anger and fear, but we have more constructive choices. From Wordnik.com. [The Toxic Power of Racism] Reference
"Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.". From Wordnik.com. [Sanctification] Reference
It was enough for him to live cleanly and righteously, to follow the dictates of conscience in all his actions. From Wordnik.com. [John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub] Reference
And I am even more certain that the NFL, that most righteously conservative of sports leagues, didn't have a clue. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: No Dancing in the End Zone] Reference
They folded their tent and left with depleted purse, but they had righteously invested their God-bestowed talents. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
The poor must be given their rights, must be treated justly and righteously, that they may become manly men again!. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)] Reference
Promotional materials make composting in pre-manufactured bins seem easy, self-righteously ecological, and effortless. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
The NBA can point, quite rightly and righteously, to all the prospects that foundered after arriving too early in the pros. From Wordnik.com. [Youth Gets Served] Reference
We may be bold in this matter, but we should be righteously bold because we are speaking for the public interest ourselves. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
KEYES: But at what point did you decide, okay, I'm going to have to start living righteously in the things I'm singing about?. From Wordnik.com. [Gospel Star Kirk Franklin Shares 'Blueprint' For Life] Reference
It recognizes the true relations of the animal world to man, and insists that it be dealt with righteously and sympathetically. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
On the other hand, if a nurse denies her own struggling humanness, she self-righteously will be apt to accuse either self or her other. From Wordnik.com. [Humanistic Nursing] Reference
The Republicans would sternly vow to slash big government, and the Democrats would righteously protest against throwing old people into the snow. From Wordnik.com. [Peering Over The Cliff] Reference
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