Talk:rightly

right vs. rightly

Just thinking: "right" means correct, and you can say "do I understand rightly?" but not "*I wasn't doing it rightly" (this would have to be adverbial "right", or e.g. "correctly", "properly"). I wonder why. Equinox ◑ 21:59, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

2. understandably 3. certainly

2. with very good reason
She was furious, and quite rightly so!
 3. certainly or positively (informal) 
I don't rightly know.

--Backinstadiums (talk) 18:11, 15 September 2020 (UTC)