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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Last year, Baldur’s Gate 3 unsurprisingly claimed the biggest award of the night, while Thirsty Suitors rightly took home the Authentic Representation and Best LGBTQ Indie Game awards.
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Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Because import duties raised the prices of everyday goods while protecting the industrialist class, ordinary Americans rightly came to associate the tariff with rising inequality and with the gross concentrations of wealth that typified the first Gilded Age—and now plague our own.
— Made By History, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Many young men, rightly or wrongly, feel like they too are being painted with a broad brush.
—Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
But what set the flame of revolution was Parliament's Coercive Acts, rightly called the Intolerable Acts by Americans, with General Thomas Gage—the first military governor of Massachusetts—serving as the local muscle.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Because import duties raised the prices of everyday goods while protecting the industrialist class, ordinary Americans rightly came to associate the tariff with rising inequality and with the gross concentrations of wealth that typified the first Gilded Age—and now plague our own.
— Made By History, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Many young men, rightly or wrongly, feel like they too are being painted with a broad brush.
—Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
But what set the flame of revolution was Parliament's Coercive Acts, rightly called the Intolerable Acts by Americans, with General Thomas Gage—the first military governor of Massachusetts—serving as the local muscle.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rightly
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“Rightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightly. Accessed 23 Apr. 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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