rightfully

1. 1.

   by right

   “baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime”

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Questions about rightfully

What does rightfully mean?

rightfully means "by right".

How many syllables are in rightfully?

rightfully has 3 syllables: right-ful-ly. The stress falls on "right". In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪtfəli/.

What is another word for rightfully?

Close synonyms include truly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rightfully a common word?

rightfully is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.