Rightfully
['raitfəli]
Definition
(adv.) by right; 'baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime'.
Inputed by Leonard--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) According to right or justice.
Checker: Marge
Examples
- Manfully and rightfully hath it been done, said the Grand Master. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The art preservative of all arts it has been rightfully called. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If a man be in the possession of a legacy by the accident of birth, the law of inheritance rules that it is rightfully his. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Checker: Marge