3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

rightfully

adverb: by right; "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime" [syn: {truly}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Rightfully \Right"ful*ly\, adverb According to right or justice.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "rightfully": appropriately, as is proper, as is right, by right, by rights, condignly, correctly, deservedly, disinterestedly, dispassionately, duly, equally, equitably, evenly, fair, fairly, fittingly, impartially, impersonally, in all conscience, in reason, inequity, injustice, justifiably, justifiedly, justly, meetly, properly, right, rightly, upon even terms, warrantably, warrantedly, without distinction

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