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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rightly \Right"ly\, adv [AS. richtlice.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rightly
adv : with honesty; "he was rightly considered the greatest singer
of his time" [syn: {justly}, {justifiedly}] [ant: {unjustly}]
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