RIGHTLY

adv.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
adv.

Straightly; directly; in front. [Obs.] Shak.

2.
adv.

According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed.

3.
adv.

Properly; fitly; suitably; appropriately. Eve rightly called, Mother of all mankind. Milton.

4.
adv.

According to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly. "I can not rightly say." Shak. Thou didst not rightly see. Dryden.


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