rightfully
72
3.7
- adverb
- /ˈraɪtfəli/
:
legítimamente
- Therefore, rightfully and legally, it's hers.
- rightfully so
- rightfully claim
- rightfully belongs
But this is harder if it's your own children whom you rightfully want to protect.
- But this is harder if it's your own children whom you rightfully want to protect.
- So they're basically just going in and taking what's rightfully theirs.
- And then it was exposed and rightfully shut down.
- And so this dirt and rock is rightfully mine.
- There's this bridge called the Bridge of Flowers, rightfully named.
- So I was concerned because the sleeves don't stretch, and rightfully so.
- I know he's very driven and dogged and rightfully so.
- So rightfully so, the gunship was decorated.
- Paralegals are in high demand and rightfully so.
- Of course, that is all against the backdrop of millions of people being concerned, rightfully so, understandably so.
Examples
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Other women of color say they are actively fighting to grab hold of what is rightfully theirs.
Academic text (2006) -
Well, we have done this podcast on land that rightfully belongs to the Chumash tribe.
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And people are rightfully worried about that happening to them.
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But this is harder if it's your own children whom you rightfully want to protect.
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Max, I should like you to find her, and to this end, I should like to leave her what is rightfully hers.
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Not one scientist can rightfully claim to be the first to name any species.
Fiction book (1997) -
All in all, the report rightfully claims that the United Kingdom has made considerable progress toward sustainability.
Academic text (2004) -
Time to take back what's rightfully ours.
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However, even with the challenges imposed on rural educators, expectations of teacher quality rightfully remain the same.
Academic text (2012) -
After the discussion, he rightfully claimed the award he had worked so hard to earn.
Synonyms
421
2.8
In a way that the law allows
113
2.6
In a fair way because someone deserves it
62
3.7
In a way that follows the law or accepted rules
39
2.5
In a way that the law allows
20
3.4
In a fair and honest way
17
4.6
For a good reason that can be shown to be right
9
3.7
People get a fair result because of what they did
4
5.6
Something should happen because it is fair or proper
2
4.8
According to the law or what is fair
2
3.9
In a way that the law accepts or that follows the right rules
1
4.5
In a way that shows someone earned praise or a reward for their actions
1
8.2
In a way that follows the law
Antonyms
How Just
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rightfully comes from the common word right meaning 'correct' or 'fair', plus the endings -ful and -ly that make it describe how something is done. So to do something rightfully is to do it 'in a fair or legally correct way', like when someone receives what they deserve.