"rightly" meaning in English

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      "form": "more rightly",
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          "word": "rightly or wrongly"
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          "word": "rightly so"
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        {
          "text": "She was quite rightly disappointed in not being promoted.",
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        {
          "text": "I don't rightly know what he meant by that remark.",
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          "ref": "1909, Sidney Morse, An Encyclopaedia of Practical Recipes and Processes, The Success Company, page 21",
          "text": "If rightly used, it will save a great deal of money in every household.",
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        {
          "ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
          "text": "Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,[…].",
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        "In a right manner; correctly, justifiably."
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          "correctly",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spravedlivo",
          "sense": "in a right manner",
          "word": "справедливо"
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          "roman": "s pravo",
          "sense": "in a right manner",
          "word": "с право"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a right manner",
          "word": "oikeutetusti"
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          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "raihtaba",
          "sense": "in a right manner",
          "word": "𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌱𐌰"
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "sādhu",
          "sense": "in a right manner",
          "word": "साधु"
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        },
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        "In a right manner; correctly, justifiably."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spravedlivo",
      "sense": "in a right manner",
      "word": "справедливо"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "s pravo",
      "sense": "in a right manner",
      "word": "с право"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "in a right manner",
      "word": "oikeutetusti"
    },
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "raihtaba",
      "sense": "in a right manner",
      "word": "𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌱𐌰"
    },
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      "code": "sa",
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      "roman": "sādhu",
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      "word": "साधु"
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