Category:Rightly

Right"ly, adv. Etym: [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.