as in properly
in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose
marveling at the awesome sight, we had to agree that the Grand Canyon was rightly named
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Beginning in 2023, Merrill’s annual salaries will increase by $1 million for every year Merrill gets 500 plate appearances, which means the deal could rightly be considered a nine-year, $165 million deal if Merrill stays healthy.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Contemporary sociology invites us, perhaps rightly, to extend the traditional concept to include the working-class experience of deindustrialization and the precarity of the white-collar knowledge worker denied a secure job.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Jewels and Onya, rightly but also inevitably, end up in the bottom this week.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Team officials regarded those victories as signs of progress, and rightly so.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Contemporary sociology invites us, perhaps rightly, to extend the traditional concept to include the working-class experience of deindustrialization and the precarity of the white-collar knowledge worker denied a secure job.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Jewels and Onya, rightly but also inevitably, end up in the bottom this week.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Team officials regarded those victories as signs of progress, and rightly so.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rightly
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“Rightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rightly. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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