rightly
113
2.6
- adverb
- /ˈraɪtli/
:
con razón
- The committee made a decision that was rightly praised by the community for its fairness.
- rightly or wrongly
- quite rightly
- rightly so
And they all thought, and rightly so, that I had lost my mind.
- And they all thought, and rightly so, that I had lost my mind.
- And people were grateful, rightly so, for that.
- So people are quite rightly asking, well, what's the point?
- And a lot of young people don't know or rightly don't care.
- China teaches us rightly to honor the old.
- And these works have rightly become his signature pieces.
- So that was the first mistake I think you could rightly say that they made.
- That then Palace quite rightly said Megan chose all her guests.
- Because like you rightly said, drop the rules of the game.
- as Ayush rightly said, it kind of becomes a threat
- And Eric Schmidt rightly described this practice as outrageous.
- You can use and it works if it's done rightly.
- So I'm I'm trying to correct what he rightly noticed.
- It is a crime that is rightly punishable by incarceration in prison.
- Like you, rightly or wrongly, you feel more mature than maybe you are.
Examples
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Catholic believers will always and rightly be concerned about their individual judgment.
Academic text (2008) -
And these works have rightly become his signature pieces.
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And they all thought, and rightly so, that I had lost my mind.
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And that is that is something Trump can rightly take credit for.
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You hear a lot about China now and rightly so, India actually also.
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So that was the first mistake I think you could rightly say that they made.
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And people were grateful, rightly so, for that.
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So people are quite rightly asking, well, what's the point?
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It has been said rightly, that he who holds the gold makes the rules.
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The proponents of Global Zero are rightly worried about the renewed spread of nuclear weapons.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
72
3.7
In a fair and legal way
44
4.6
In the correct or expected way for a situation
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
9
3.9
In a way that is right for the situation
8
6.5
In a way that is morally correct
1
4.5
In a way that shows someone earned praise or a reward for their actions
Antonyms
How Just
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rightly comes from the old English word right meaning 'just' or 'correct', and the ending -ly turns it into a word that describes how something is done. So, to do something rightly is to do it 'in a fair or correct way'.