rightly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb with honesty
    justly; justifiedly.
    • he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time

WordNet

Right"ly adverb
Etymology
AS. richtlice.
Definitions
  1. Straightly; directly; in front. Obs. Shak.
  2. According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed.
  3. Properly; fitly; suitably; appropriately.
    Eve rightly called, Mother of all mankind. Milton.
  4. According to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly. "I can not rightly say." Shak.
    Thou didst not rightly see. Dryden.

Webster 1913