In principle
In principle adverb - With regard to fundamentals although not concerning details.
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Right and in principle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Right" instead an adjective phrase "In principle".
Right
Right adjective - Following an original exactly.
In principle and right are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "In principle" instead an adjective "Right".
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- In principle he had good reasons, but the fact that he chose to make his stand right in the middle of a crisis, and forbade everyone else from helping Buffy as well, can only vaguely be justified by him following musical logic at the time.
Source: Helping Would Be Killstealing
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Right and In principle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/in_principle/right
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Right or In principle. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/in_principle/right.
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