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Rightly
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
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.