rightfully

Thân thiện

Baseball rightfully holds the title of the nation's pastime.

Definition

Adverb: 1. In accordance with what is just, morally correct, or legally entitled: Used to indicate that something is deserved, proper, or belongs to someone based on law, justice, or custom.

Usage

The adverb "rightfully" is used to modify a verb, often "is," "belongs," "owns," or "claimed," to emphasize the legitimacy or justice of a claim, status, or action. It answers the question "how" or "on what basis" something is done or possessed.

Examples

• The property rightfully belongs to the heirs.
• She rightfully demanded an apology for the false accusation.
• He was rightfully proud of his team's achievement.
• The champion rightfully earned the title after a difficult competition.

Advanced Usage

• "rightfully so": A common phrase used to strongly agree that a situation, opinion, or feeling is justified.
  • She was angry, and rightfully so.
• Used in legal or formal contexts to assert a claim.
  • The court ruled that the assets were rightfully hers.

Variants and Related Words

• Rightful (adjective): Having a just, legal, or proper claim.
  • He is the rightful owner of the land.
• Right (noun, adjective, adverb, verb): The base word with broader meanings including correctness, direction, and entitlement.

Synonyms

• Justly: In a way that is based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair.
• Lawfully: In a way that conforms to or is permitted by law.
• Deservedly: As deserved; appropriately given or received.
• Legitimately: In a way that conforms to the law or to rules; genuinely.

Antonyms

• Wrongfully: In a way that is unjust, illegal, or not deserved.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. by right
   • baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime

Từ đồng nghĩa

• truly