rightly

Adverb

Meaning

Straightly; directly; in front.

According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed.

Properly; fitly; suitably; appropriately.

According to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

justly justifiedly right well true righteously correct exactly appropriate properly fair fairly truly correctly legally

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

unfortunately wrong poorly badly loosely incorrectly

Show all antonyms

Related terms

righteously rightfully damn right serve someone right arightly

Phrases with the word

rightly or wrongly rightly said

Anagrams

girthly

Examples

Anybody who thinks he is something great, even before God, is rightly abandoned by God, as one who thinks that he does not need His help. Gregory Palamas

Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed, and rightly. Seneca

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. Winston Churchill

When men are rightly occupied their happiness grows of their work. Manx Proverb

Better than gold is a tale rightly told. Scottish Gaelic Proverb

A man who was always complaining was quite rightly sent to hell. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

rightist rightless rightlessness rightly or wrongly rightly said rightly so