Dictionary entry

Rightly

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Right″ly, adv. [AS. richtlice.] 1. Straightly; directly; in front. 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.