as in properly
in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose
marveling at the awesome sight, we had to agree that the Grand Canyon was rightly named
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Recent Examples of rightly
France is a climate-conscious population; there has been a strong aversion to air-conditioning, understood, rightly, as a Band-Aid that might hasten the deleterious resolution of the climate crisis.
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Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Never mind that the government has rightly decimated the Outfit by aggressive prosecution.
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Gary Grasso,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
There were brief glimpses, such as the stunning volley against Blackpool on Boxing Day that rightly won the club’s award for goal of the season.
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Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Some of the Prairieland charges are ones that any administration in American history would have brought, and rightly so.
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David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2026
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Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Never mind that the government has rightly decimated the Outfit by aggressive prosecution.
—
Gary Grasso,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
There were brief glimpses, such as the stunning volley against Blackpool on Boxing Day that rightly won the club’s award for goal of the season.
—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Some of the Prairieland charges are ones that any administration in American history would have brought, and rightly so.
—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for rightly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rightly
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The chronic disease, which impairs the body’s ability to properly regulate blood sugar, contributed to 94,445 deaths that year.
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Consoles, controllers, accessories, weird VR gloves that never worked properly, but mostly the games themselves.
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In 1785, astronomer William Herschel set about mapping our galaxy, correctly determining the disk-like shape of the Milky Way but incorrectly placing the solar system at its heart.
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Choosing the right products and using them correctly supports overall health and well-being.
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Podnews also publishes a weekly podcast, named appropriately Podcast Weekly Review with James Cridland and Sam Sethi.
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Auditors found Step Up spent an additional $52,000 without records to verify the money was spent appropriately, or that it was even used for participants of the Sacramento program.
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“Rightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rightly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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