rightly

[ rahyt-lee ]

/ ˈraɪt li /

in accordance with truth or fact; correctly: to see rightly; to understand rightly.

in accordance with morality or equity; uprightly.

properly, fitly, or suitably: to be rightly dressed.

Informal. with certainty; positively: I can't rightly say.

Origin of rightly

before 900; Middle English; Old English rihtlīce. See right, -ly

Bonauto, now an official MacArthur genius, is rightly known as the Thurgood Marshall of the marriage movement.

The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality |E.J. Graff |December 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The sex workers I spoke with rightly call it “vile,” “gross,” “terrifying,” and “exploitative.”

To Catch a Sex Worker: A&E’s Awful, Exploitative Ambush Show |Samantha Allen |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Waivers were also encouraged by states and the federal government who saw them, rightly, as a cost-cutting measure.

Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait Years |Elizabeth Picciuto |December 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It rightly blames both Israeli and Palestinian intransigence for its failure.

Why’s Al Qaeda So Strong? Washington Has (Literally) No idea |Bruce Riedel |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Levin rightly disparages the “nostalgia” that he says “blinds” both liberals and conservatives to this new reality.

Relax—Both Parties Are Going Extinct |Nick Gillespie |November 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Alice darted a keen look on the Duke, as if to read his meaning; another on Charles, to know whether she had guessed it rightly.

Peveril of the Peak |Sir Walter Scott
I leave this as a testimony that none need to fear his rightly sending forth those who ask and rightly wait for his counsel.

Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel |John Yeardley
Rightly shall all wars fated to come sink to peace beneath the line of Assaracus; nor art thou bounded in a Troy.'

The Aeneid of Virgil |Virgil
To prove that tobacco, rightly used, is harmless, is to prove that it does pay to smoke.

Tobacco and Alcohol |John Fiske
Others, although but moderately endowed, have arrived at eminence by sheer persistence and rightly directed study.

Style in Singing |W. E. Haslam

rightly

/ (ˈraɪtlɪ) /

in accordance with the facts; correctly

in accordance with principles of justice or morality

with good reason; justifiably he was rightly annoyed with her

properly or suitably; appropriately rightly dressed for a wedding

(used with a negative) informal with certainty; positively or precisely (usually in the phrases I don't rightly know, I can't rightly say)