2026

Rightly

//ˈɹaɪtli//

Definitions

advrightlier · more rightly · rightliest · most rightly

1
In a right manner; correctly, justifiably.
She was quite rightly disappointed in not being promoted.
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correctly properly rightly

Word Origin

From Middle English ryȝtly, rihtliche, from Old English rihtlīċe, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtalīkā, *rehtalīkō, from Proto-Germanic *rehtalīkê, *rehtalīkô (“rightly”), equivalent to right + -ly. Co...

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