rightly

Example Sentences

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Rightly so, she was very protective of this IP.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Rightly or wrongly, recent developments have likely alienated the very crowd that constitutes a Tony viewership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Rightly or wrongly, consumers are seeking increasingly creative ways to get protein in their diet.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Rightly, they argue that only in truly exceptional circumstances can one meaningfully link any individual typewriter to its particular usage within the Reich.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

Rightly or wrongly, Bertram gathered the impression, as he strolled about the Camp, that this was not a confident and high-spirited army, drunk with the heady fumes of a debauch of victory. 

From Cupid in Africa by Wren, P. C.