Examples of rightly in a Sentence
If I remember rightly, today is his birthday.
She rightly anticipated a decline in the value of the stock.
He points out, quite rightly, that there are flaws in the theory.
Many people, rightly or wrongly, believe the economy will soon improve.
She rightly admires his paintings.
People are rightly upset about the city's rising crime rate.
Quite rightly, the police commissioner is being blamed for the city's rising crime rate.
She is proud of her children, and rightly so.
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Will Townsend, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
But what irked Gottlieb, and rightly so, was that out of the four No. 1 seeds, the Trojans fell to the fourth.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
Now in his fifties, Koze is approaching an age when people might rightly describe him as avuncular.
—Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
Citizens are angry, rightly so, at the looming threat of rolling blackouts because our state continues to close down local energy production.
—Lauren Arikan, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Rightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightly. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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rightly
adverb
right·ly
ˈrīt-lē 
1
: in agreement with right conduct
2
: in the right or proper manner
3
: in agreement with truth or fact
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