Rightfully

//ˈɹaɪtfəli//

"Rightfully" in a Sentence (13 examples)

I only want what is rightfully mine.

All I want is what's rightfully mine.

We admire the men who shaped our country, and rightfully so, the men we see as heroes -- from Alexander Hamilton to Muhammad Ali -- for their confidence and their courage in believing they could change our nation, this idea of self-creation, that there’s nothing holding us back. In them, we see America itself, constantly reinventing itself, fearless, looking out over the horizon at the next frontier.

Sami can't have what's rightfully mine.

The subject has been getting a lot of attention recently, and rightfully so.

Tom still feels embarrassed about that, and rightfully so.

Rightfully so.

I suspected Tom rightfully.

Yanni was rightfully angry.

Ziri took what was rightfully his.

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Near-synonym: fairly

[T]he only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.

Ne euer will it [King Arthur's sword] breake, ne euer bend. / Wherefore Morddure it rightfully is hight.

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