B2adverb · rare

rightly

right·ly

rightly · rightlier · rightliest

правильно, як слід, належним чином

как следует, правильно, соответственно

richtig, ordentlich, vernünftig

In a right manner; correctly, justifiablyIn a right manner; correctly, justifiably.

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/ˈɹaɪtli/

» The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

Meaning

1 senses

In a right manner; correctly, justifiably.
She was quite rightly disappointed in not being promoted.
I don't rightly know what he meant by that remark.

More definitions

with honesty

Examples

16 sentences

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
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I don't rightly know.
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They rightly judged me as crazy.
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They are cousins, if I remember rightly.
ruОни - кузены, если мне не изменяет память.
deWenn ich mich recht erinnere, sind sie Cousins.
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He is, quite rightly, very grateful to them.
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Origin

From Middle English ryȝtly, rihtliche, from Old English rihtlīċe, from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English ryȝtly, rihtliche, from Old English rihtlīċe, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtalīkā, *rehtalīkō, from Proto-Germanic *rehtalīkê, *rehtalīkô (“rightly”), equivalent to right + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtlik, Dutch rechtelijk, German rechtlich, Swedish rätteligen, Icelandic réttilega.

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