How to Use rightly in a Sentence

rightly

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• He points out, quite rightly, that there are flaws in the theory.
• She is proud of her children, and rightly so.
• People are rightly upset about the city's rising crime rate.
• She rightly anticipated a decline in the value of the stock.
• Quite rightly, the police commissioner is being blamed for the city's rising crime rate.
• She rightly admires his paintings.
• Many people, rightly or wrongly, believe the economy will soon improve.
• If I remember rightly, today is his birthday.
• The Surface Pro 8 sits at the top of the 2 in 1 charts, and rightly so.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• Strong and the rest of the staff are rightly disturbed.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2021
• They are rightly compared to the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S.
  — Byalan Murray and Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
• This topic made the front page of the New York Times, and rightly so.
  — Katherine Ognyanova, STAT, 29 Apr. 2022
• Gobert’s in the paint to prevent the shot, and the Mavs do kick it out, rightly.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
• Overall, the food’s the star of this review, and rightly so.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2021
• A lot of the stuff that would, quite rightly, cause contention, wasn’t Gaz’s fault.
  — Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
• But what irked Gottlieb, and rightly so, was that out of the four No. 1 seeds, the Trojans fell to the fourth.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
• Which evoke rightly very, very strong emotions and fears and anger and tears.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024
• The Dolphins rightly see him as a top-10 QB if not quite top-tier.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
• Yet while Juve are (rightly) shouldering much of the blame, the rest of the league isn’t blameless.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• The popular shapewear brand has been around for a while and is rightly back in the spotlight.
  — Ellen McAlpine, Women's Health, 25 Aug. 2023
• Not all abuse leaves a mark on the skin, the filmmakers suggest, and rightly so.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023
• Today, it’s rightly judged as one of the greatest films of all time.
  — Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
• The summer tires are the optional ones here, and rightly so.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 31 Jan. 2023
• Much will be made, and rightly so, of Irving and the Celtics meeting with a title on the line.
  — Tim Reynolds, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
• The rift is no doubt bullish for oil in the short term, though markets are rightly cautious.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 6 July 2021
• And, quite rightly, she was treated as an adult on set as well.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
• About a year ago, there were rightly questions and concerns all over the group.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2024
• And rightly so—that’s a huge and drastic lifestyle change!
  — Kira Onysko, SELF, 10 Jan. 2024
• Apter rightly insists that grandparenting isn’t simply a bonus track tagged on towards the end of our life’s playlist.
  — Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
• Others, like a tablet controller or glasses-free stereoscopic 3D, are rightly remembered as half-baked gimmicks that belong in the dustbin of game industry history.
  — ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025