rightfully

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[edit] English

[edit] Adverb

rightfully (comparative more rightfully, superlative most rightfully)

1. In accordance with what is right or just

[edit] Quotations

• The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. -- John Stuart Mill