rightly

Everyday

1. Rightly means correctly or truly. tree →
2. Rightly means fairly, for a good reason, as in "She was rightly proud". tree →
3. "Rightly or wrongly" means whether it is right or wrong. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and stories, "rightly" shows the speaker agrees that a feeling or action is justified. In formal writing, "rightly so" adds approval. Phrases: "rightly so", "quite rightly", "rightly or wrongly", "if I remember rightly".

Examples

• She was rightly proud of her gold medal. tree →
• If I remember rightly, the party starts at four. tree →
• The goal was rightly disallowed. tree →
• He complained, and rightly so — the food was cold. tree →
• Rightly or wrongly, they decided to go out in the storm. tree →
• People were quite rightly upset when the park closed. tree →
• If you don’t guess rightly, you shall lose your head.’ tree →

Note

It comes from "right" + -ly. In many sentences "right" and "rightly" differ: "answer it right" (correctly, informal) vs. "rightly praised" (with good reason). "Rightly" is not used for the direction right.

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life and stories, "rightly" shows the speaker agrees that a feeling or action is justified. In formal writing, "rightly so" adds approval. Phrases: "rightly so", "quite rightly", "rightly or wrongly", "if I remember rightly".

Note

It comes from "right" + -ly. In many sentences "right" and "rightly" differ: "answer it right" (correctly, informal) vs. "rightly praised" (with good reason). "Rightly" is not used for the direction right.