What does by rights mean?

by rights means "with reason or justice".

Is by rights a common word?

by rights is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

by rights — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
with reason or justice

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What does by rights mean?: by rights means "with reason or justice".
Is by rights a common word?: by rights is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for by rights come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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