Rightfully

//ˈɹaɪtfəli//

Synonyms for "rightfully" (40 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Adverb(1 words)

appropriately as is proper as is right by right by rights condignly correctly

Strong matches (12)

deservedly disinterestedly dispassionately duly equally equitably evenly fair fairly fittingly impartially

Adverb(1 words)

Related words (20)

impersonally in all conscience in reason inequity injustice justifiably justifiedly justly meetly properly right rightly upon even terms warrantably warrantedly without distinction

Adverb(3 words)

justfully justly truly

Adverb(1 words)

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arightly damn right righteously rightly rightly so serve someone right

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correctly fairly just justifiably lawfully legally right rightful rightly

Sample sentences

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I only want what is rightfully mine.

Source: tatoeba (1956091)

All I want is what's rightfully mine.

Source: tatoeba (2019098)

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.

Source: tatoeba (5215501)

Sami can't have what's rightfully mine.

Source: tatoeba (6396541)

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