rightfully
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtfəli/
adv
Etymology: From Middle English ryghtefully, equivalent to rightful + -ly.
- In accordance with what is right or just.
“Near-synonym: fairly”
“[T]he only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.”
- Rightly, correctly.
“Ne euer will it [King Arthur's sword] breake, ne euer bend. / Wherefore Morddure it rightfully is hight.”