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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The qualifying gap to Leclerc Hamilton is rightly regarded as one of the greatest qualifiers in F1 history, boasting more pole positions (104) than any other driver.
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Luke Smith, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Not written to was the Amtrak CEO, Steve Gardner, who was rightly fired last month by President Trump and Duffy.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
Ellie stays calm and tries to paint her cause as being about justice rather than vengeance, but the two are wholly interchangeable in this circumstance, and the council rightly votes her down.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
And though recent cuts to the NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, and the National Parks Service have rightly been in the spotlight for imperiling public health, diplomacy, and the environment, these smaller cuts to smaller agencies are devastating in their own right.
—Sarah Blomeley, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
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Luke Smith, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Not written to was the Amtrak CEO, Steve Gardner, who was rightly fired last month by President Trump and Duffy.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
Ellie stays calm and tries to paint her cause as being about justice rather than vengeance, but the two are wholly interchangeable in this circumstance, and the council rightly votes her down.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
And though recent cuts to the NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, and the National Parks Service have rightly been in the spotlight for imperiling public health, diplomacy, and the environment, these smaller cuts to smaller agencies are devastating in their own right.
—Sarah Blomeley, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Rightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightly. Accessed 4 May. 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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