rightly

B2 大学 FREQ #12713

adv. 合适地, 正当地, 正确地

发音

US /ˈɹaɪtli/
UK /ˈɹaɪtli/

词形变化

rightlier 比较级 rightlier rightliest more rightly 比较级 rightliest 最高级 most rightly 最高级

教材释义与例句

副词

正确地；恰当地；公正地；合适地

释义与例句

adv. B2
  1. 1.

    In a right manner; correctly, justifiably.

    She was quite rightly disappointed in not being promoted.

    I don't rightly know what he meant by that remark.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 2

justly justifiedly

相关短语

rightly so rightly or wrongly

词源

From Middle English ryȝtly, rihtliche, from Old English rihtlīċe, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtalīkā, *rehtalīkō, from Proto-Germanic *rehtalīkê, *rehtalīkô (“rightly”), equivalent to right + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtlik, Dutch rechtelijk, German rechtlich, Swedish rätteligen, Icelandic réttilega.

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