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RIGHTFULLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rightfully mean?
• RIGHTFULLY (adverb)
The adverb RIGHTFULLY has 1 sense:
1. by right
Familiarity information: RIGHTFULLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
By right
Synonyms:
rightfully; truly
Context example:
baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime
Pertainym:
rightful (having a legally established claim)
Context examples
If a large supplier or customer owes you money, you may find it challenging to secure what is rightfully yours, perhaps because the other party is not paying and not communicating, either.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He was appalled by the vastness of the beauty that rightfully belonged in it, and again his mind flashed and dared, and he demanded of himself why he could not chant that beauty in noble verse as the great poets did.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It would more likely be money you earned that is rightfully yours.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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