Definition of Rightly

1. Adverb. With honesty. "He was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time"

Exact synonyms: Justifiedly, Justly
Partainyms: Just, Right
Antonyms: Unjustly

Definition of Rightly

1. adv. Straightly; directly; in front.

Definition of Rightly

1. Adverb. Aright, in a right manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rightly

1. in a right manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rightly

righthand
righthanded
righthander
rightie
righties
righting
righting reflexes
rightings
rightio
rightish
rightism
rightisms
rightist
rightists
rightless
rightly (current term)
rightmost
rightness
rightnesses
righto
rightos
rights
rights-of-way
rights issue
rights of entry
rights of reentry
rights of way
rights offering
rightsholder
rightsholders

Literary usage of Rightly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"CHAPTER IX That the Americans Apply the Principle of Interest rightly' Understood to Religious Matters IF the principle of interest rightly understood had ..."

2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1863)
"THAT THE AMERICANS APPLY THE PRINCIPLE OF INTEREST rightly UNDERSTOOD TO RELIGIOUS MATTERS. TF the principle of interest rightly understood had noth- JL ing ..."

3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1863)
"THAT THE AMERICANS APPLY THE PRINCIPLE OF INTEREST rightly UNDERSTOOD TO RELIGIOUS MATTERS. IF the principle of interest rightly understood had nothing but ..."

4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1904)
"CHAPTER XXVIII THE PRINCIPLE OF INTEREST rightly UNDERSTOOD The Americans combat individualism by the principle of interest rightly understood—The Americans ..."

5. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1848)
"CHAPTER K. THAT THE AMERICANS APPLY THE PRINCIPLE OF INTEREST rightly UNDERSTOOD TO RELIGIOUS MATTERS. IF the principle of interest rightly understood had ..."

6. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"CHAPTER IX That the Americans Apply the Principle of Interest rightly- Understood to Religious Matters IF the principle of interest rightly understood had ..."

7. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"Alas! said she, who can but lament, that shall but rightly consider what a state and condition relation.. ""^ our ^^ town? AnA that which makes mv grief the ..."

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