📖 R — The English dictionary · page 43

righteously — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Righteously means in a good and fair way, doing what is right and just.↗ Example: And I charged your judges at that time, saying: 'Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.↗ (Torah DEU.1.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.↗ (Writings PRO.31.9, JPS 1917)↗ · But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see Thy vengeance on them; for unto Thee have I revealed my cause.↗ (Prophets JER.11.20, JPS 1917)↗ · He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil; (Prophets ISA.33.15, JPS 1917)↗ · He ruled righteously for many years.↗ · She always acted righteously, even when no one was watching.↗ · The judge decided the case righteously.↗

righteousness — Everyday, meaning 1: Being morally good, honest and fair; doing what is right.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church, Bible) Being right with God; Christians believe that people are made righteous by God's grace through faith.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (sometimes) Being too sure you are better than others (see «self-righteousness»).↗ Example: The psalm says, «He guides me in paths of righteousness.»↗ · The judge was known for her righteousness and fairness.↗ · Christians believe righteousness comes as a gift from God.↗ · Martin Luther King spoke of justice and righteousness flowing like a river.↗ · The knight fought for truth and righteousness.↗ · His self-righteousness annoyed everyone.↗ · And after his father died he ascended the throne, and ruled the kingdom with righteousness and equity.↗ · And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.↗ (Torah GEN.15.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as He hath commanded us.'↗ (Torah DEU.6.25, JPS 1917)↗ · Know therefore that it is not for thy righteousness that the LORD thy God giveth thee this good land to possess it; for thou art a stiffnecked people.↗ (Torah DEU.9.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.↗ (Writings PSA.119.138, JPS 1917)↗ · Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.↗ (Writings PRO.10.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness: (Prophets ISA.46.12, JPS 1917)↗

rightful — Everyday, meaning 1: Rightful means having the true and lawful right to something, such as a place, a title or a possession.↗ Example: The rightful queen came home at last.↗ · Give the toy back to its rightful owner.↗ · She was the rightful heir to the throne.↗

rightfully — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: In a right and fair way.↗ Example: Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth, that ordereth his affairs rightfully.↗ (Writings PSA.112.5, JPS 1917)↗

rightly — Everyday, meaning 1: Rightly means correctly or truly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rightly means fairly, for a good reason, as in "She was rightly proud".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: "Rightly or wrongly" means whether it is right or wrong.↗ Example: She was rightly proud of her gold medal.↗ · If I remember rightly, the party starts at four.↗ · The goal was rightly disallowed.↗ · He complained, and rightly so — the food was cold.↗ · Rightly or wrongly, they decided to go out in the storm.↗ · People were quite rightly upset when the park closed.↗ · If you don’t guess rightly, you shall lose your head.’↗

rightness — Everyday, meaning 1: Rightness is the quality of being morally right, good or fair.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rightness is also the quality of being correct or suitable.↗ Example: We debated the rightness of keeping animals in zoos.↗ · She was sure of the rightness of her decision.↗ · (formal) The judge thought carefully about the rightness of the punishment.↗ · There was a feeling of rightness when all the puzzle pieces fit.↗ · Philosophers ask what gives an action its rightness.↗ · He never doubted the rightness of standing up to the bully.↗

rightsizing — Everyday, meaning 1: (euphemism, business jargon) cutting jobs to make a company smaller, said to be the "right" size.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: making anything the right size for its use, such as rightsizing a computer system or a house.↗ Example: The firm called it rightsizing, but forty people lost their jobs.↗ · After the rightsizing, Mum's office had only six staff.↗ · "Rightsizing?↗ That means sacking people," muttered Grandpa.↗ · They are rightsizing their house now the kids have left.↗ · The company is rightsizing its cloud computers to save money.↗ · Workers protested against the rightsizing plan.↗

rigid — Everyday, meaning 1: Rigid means stiff and hard, not able to bend easily.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rigid rules or plans are strict and cannot be changed.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A rigid person will not change their ideas or habits.↗ Example: A metal ruler is rigid, but a rubber band is flexible.↗ · The cardboard box was rigid and strong.↗ · The school has rigid rules about phones.↗ · She froze, rigid with fear.↗ · Triangles make rigid shapes in bridges.↗ · Plastic can be rigid or flexible.↗ · Fionn sat rigid and unmoving, his face stony and terrible as the face of a monument carved on the side of a cliff.↗

rigidly — Everyday, meaning 1: Rigidly means in a stiff way that does not bend.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rigidly means very strictly, without changing a rule at all.↗ Example: The post was fixed rigidly into the ground.↗ · She stood rigidly, too scared to move.↗ · The rules are rigidly followed at this school.↗ · He sat rigidly in the dentist's chair.↗ · The frame must be held rigidly while the glue dries.↗ · If the chivalric lion be red and rampant, it is rigidly red and rampant; if the sacred ibis stands anywhere on one leg, it stands on one leg for ever.↗

rigorous — Everyday, meaning 1: Rigorous means very careful, thorough and exact.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rigorous means strict or hard, like rigorous training.↗ Example: Scientists do rigorous tests.↗ · The training was rigorous.↗ · We need a rigorous proof in maths.↗ · The new medicine had rigorous checks.↗ · Their rules are rigorous.↗ · Her rigorous notes helped everyone.↗

rigorously — Everyday, meaning 1: In a very careful, thorough and exact way, checking every detail.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Strictly, without making exceptions.↗ Example: New medicines are rigorously tested before people use them.↗ · Check your working rigorously, line by line.↗ · The rules of the competition were rigorously enforced.↗ · Scientists rigorously recorded every result.↗ · She trained rigorously for the swimming gala.↗ · The kitchen is rigorously cleaned every night.↗ · He expelled Menesthius from office, rigorously punished the ringleaders of the revolt, and placed himself once more upon the throne.↗

rigour — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Harshness or strictness, and very hard treatment.↗ Example: And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.↗ (Torah EXO.1.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.↗ (Torah LEV.25.43, JPS 1917)↗ · As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him; he shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.↗ (Torah LEV.25.53, JPS 1917)↗

rim — Everyday, meaning 1: The edge or border around the top of something round, like a cup, bowl, glass or crater.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The outer edge of a wheel, which the tyre fits on.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The frame of glasses around the lenses.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The metal ring of a basketball hoop.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To form an edge around something (eyes rimmed with red).↗ Example: Don't fill the cup right up to the rim.↗ · The ball bounced off the rim of the hoop.↗ · My glasses have black rims.↗ · We walked along the rim of the old volcano.↗ · The bike rim was bent after the crash.↗ · Her eyes were rimmed with red from crying.↗ · Japan and New Zealand are on the Pacific Rim.↗ · The nest swayed to and fro, as they sat on the rim and cried.↗

rime — Everyday, meaning 1: Rime is white frost, a thin white coating of ice on trees, grass and bushes in cold weather.↗ (old use).↗ Example: The grass was white with rime.↗ · Rime covered the fields that frosty morning.↗ · In the moonlight the trees glittered with rime.↗

rimmed — Everyday, meaning 1: Rimmed means having an edge or border of a certain kind, such as gold-rimmed glasses.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To rim is to form an edge or border round something.↗ Example: She wore red-rimmed glasses.↗ · The cup was rimmed with gold.↗ · The lake was rimmed by tall hills.↗

rind — Everyday, meaning 1: The thick, tough outer skin of some fruits, like oranges, lemons and watermelons.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The hard outer layer of cheese or bacon.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The bark of a tree (old use).↗ Example: Grate the lemon rind into the cake mix.↗ · Don't eat the rind of the watermelon.↗ · The cheese has a hard waxy rind.↗ · He cut the rind off the bacon.↗ · Orange rind smells sweet when you peel it.↗ · The ants found the melon rinds in the bin.↗ · He picked it up and ate it every bit, including the rind, and it was so good he thought he should like another.↗

ring — Everyday, meaning 1: A ring is a round band, like one worn on a finger.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A ring is a circle shape: sit in a ring, the rings of a tree, Saturn's rings.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To ring is to make a bell sound, or a bell rings.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To ring someone (UK) is to phone them.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A ring is a place for boxing or a circus.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To ring something (past ringed) is to draw a circle around it.↗ Example: She has 6 rings on her fingers.↗ · The bell rings every 45 minutes.↗ · A ring costs $35.↗ · He tossed 10 rings and 4 landed on the peg.↗ · Count the rings to find how old the tree is.↗ · Saturn has wide, bright rings.↗ · The children sat in a ring on the carpet.↗ · I'll ring you after school.↗ · Ring the right answer with your pencil.↗ · The phone rang three times.↗ · And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.↗ (Torah GEN.24.47, JPS 1917)↗ · Close by the border were the rings, the holders for the staves to bear the table.↗ (Torah EXO.37.14, JPS 1917)↗ · The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.↗ (Torah EXO.25.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?↗ (Writings JOB.40.26, JPS 1917)↗ · And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai.↗ (Writings EST.8.2, JPS 1917)↗ · As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that turneth aside from discretion.↗ (Writings PRO.11.22, JPS 1917)↗

ringleader — Everyday, meaning 1: The ringleader is the person who leads a group in doing something wrong, such as a revolt, a riot or a prank.↗ Example: The ringleader of the gang ran off first.↗ · The teacher punished the ringleader of the prank.↗ · He was the ringleader of the plan to escape.↗

ringlet — Everyday, meaning 1: A long, curly lock of hair hanging down in a spiral.↗ Example: Her hair hung in golden ringlets.↗ · Alice said Ada's hair went in long ringlets, but hers did not.↗ · The doll had shiny brown ringlets.↗ · Mum made ringlets in my hair for the wedding.↗ · Victorian girls often wore their hair in ringlets.↗ · A ringlet fell over her eye.↗

ringworm — Everyday, meaning 1: A skin infection caused by a fungus (not a worm) that makes red, itchy, ring-shaped patches on the skin or scalp; it spreads by touching and is treated with cream.↗ Example: Ringworm is caused by a fungus, not a worm.↗ · The cat had ringworm, so we washed our hands after stroking it.↗ · Ringworm makes a red, itchy ring on the skin.↗ · Don't share towels so ringworm doesn't spread.↗ · The doctor gave him a cream for ringworm.↗ · Athlete's foot is caused by a similar fungus.↗

rink — Everyday, meaning 1: A large flat area of ice for skating or playing ice hockey.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A smooth floor for roller skating.↗ Example: We went ice skating at the rink.↗ · The ice hockey team practises at the rink.↗ · Hold on to the side of the rink until you can balance.↗ · The roller rink had music and coloured lights.↗ · Machines make the ice on the rink smooth again.↗ · Gloves protect your hands if you fall on the rink.↗ · In the city, they build a rink in the park every winter.↗ · There is very little friction on an ice rink.↗

rinse — Everyday, meaning 1: To rinse something means to wash it quickly with clean water, often to remove soap or dirt.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A rinse is a quick wash in water.↗ Example: Rinse the soap off your hands.↗ · Rinse the apples before you eat them.↗ · Rinse your mouth with water after the dentist.↗ · If you get shampoo in your eyes, rinse them with water.↗ · Give the cup a quick rinse.↗ · Rinse the test tube before the next experiment.↗ · Rinse a graze gently under the tap.↗ · See, the Pope flings the pieces back again into the water, washes and washes, rinses and rinses, and again puts them together bit by bit.↗ · And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.↗ (Torah LEV.15.12, JPS 1917)↗ · But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken; and if it be sodden in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.↗ (Torah LEV.6.28, JPS 1917)↗ · And whomsoever he that hath the issue toucheth, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.↗ (Torah LEV.15.11, JPS 1917)↗