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单词 rightly
释义
rightly
adverb
uk
/ˈraɪt.li/us
/ˈraɪt.li/

rightlyadverb(MORALLY ACCEPTABLE)

B2
behavingin a way that issuitableandacceptable:
公正地；正当地；合情合理地
Theyquiterightlycomplainedto themanager.他们向经理投诉，这完全合乎情理。
rightly or wrongly
used tomeanthat something may or may not bemorallycorrect, but it is afact:
无论对错；不管怎样
Rightly orwrongly, she has been given thepostofmanagingdirector.且不要问对错，她反正已经被任命为总经理了。
More examples
  • He's veryconcernedabout thesituationand rightly so.
  • Shequiterightlyfeltverycrossabout how she'd beentreated.
  • Theyquiterightly said they wouldn'taccepttheproposal.
  • Shequiterightly said she wasn't going to do theextrawork.
  • James,quiterightly,askedher tomoderateherlanguage.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Virtue and moral good
  • altruism
  • angel
  • angelic
  • angelically
  • be as pure as the driven snowidiom
  • justifiably
  • justified
  • loftiness
  • lofty
  • magnanimity
  • rightfully
  • rightness
  • saintly
  • selfless
  • the road to hell is paved with good intentionsidiom
  • upright
  • virtuous
  • virtuously
  • white hat
  • worthiness
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Suitable and acceptable

rightlyadverb(CORRECTLY)

B2
in acorrectorexactway:
正确地；确切地
Manypeoplerightlybelievethat thewaris asham.很多人认为这场战争只不过是个骗局，这是真知灼见。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accurate and exact
  • accuracy
  • accurate
  • accurately
  • aright
  • authoritative
  • exact
  • Goldilocks
  • got it in one!idiom
  • in so many wordsidiom
  • infallible
  • infallibly
  • literally
  • nose
  • sharp
  • superaccurate
  • synchronization
  • technically
  • tightness
  • to the dayidiom
  • truly
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Grammar

Rightorrightly?
We use both right and rightly as adverbs, but they are used in different ways and with different meanings.…
(Definition ofrightlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

rightly| American Dictionary

rightly
adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˈrɑɪt·li/

rightlyadverb[not gradable](WISELY)

with goodjudgment:
You did have theopportunity, and rightly orwrongly, you didn’tfollowup on it.

rightlyadverb[not gradable](MORALLY)

in a way that isconsideredto bemorallygood oracceptableorfair:
She rightlyprotestedagainst theideathat women can’tsucceedinpolitics.

rightlyadverb[not gradable](WITHOUT DOUBT)

withfreedomfromdoubt:
Ithinkthesepeopledon’t rightlyknowwhat they’re doing.
(Definition ofrightlyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrightly

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Herightlypoints out that it lacks both verse and doxology, but his two other reasons for thus isolating this setting are less convincing.
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The authorsrightlywarn against taking this fact as an excuse for reducing public welfare activities.
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Because it holds itself to this standard, it canrightlybe treated as a defect in law if it fails to be authoritative.
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He has not yetrightlyformed his opinion ; he has not yet received full instructions.
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Britonsrightlyattached importance to this theme, which had already been reintroduced elsewhere in scholarship on the long eighteenth century.
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They respond to questions on this by quiterightlydismissing the topic as simply ruled out by known regulations.
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Such a view isrightlycriticized as empty unless it supplies content to those prior duties.
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As such, it isrightlyregarded as a cultural milestone.
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A sense,rightlyor not, that the promises of the postwar world were unfulfilled.
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Herightlyargues that to view sectarianism as failed or cor rupted nationalism is to par take in nationalism's own discourse on sectarianism.
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Because it was not treated appropriately, it 'rightlyprovoked the anger' of authorities and people in developing countries.
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How, then, can werightlysay that those officials are adhering to that criterion?
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What loss do they suffer, in terms of their genuine interests, when the defendant isrightlyacquitted or spared undeserved punishment?
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To be just in this general sense is simply to actrightlyor treat others morally.
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The authorrightlydraws our attention to another vital aspect of indigenous identity - the weight of the local element.
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