rightly
Example Sentences
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My undergrads are rightly fearful about the climate crisis but working in community to find their way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Our laws rightly protect children in those circumstances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Presidents rightly expect more security than the rest of us, but that typically comes with greater scrutiny of their locations and activities too.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
She’s a little rain cloud of a person, dour and humorless, though perhaps rightly offended by being passed over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
‘We grows a lot of food, but we don’t rightly know what becomes of it. It’s all these “gatherers” and “sharers”, I reckon, going round counting and measuring and taking off to storage.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
