Antonyms for rightfullyright·ful·ly

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1. rightfully, trulyadverb

   by right

   "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime"

   Synonyms:
   sincerely, truly, really, in truth, unfeignedly, genuinely

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1. Wide Receiver Mike Evans:

   What I remember is we were trying to get him to come back in the game, he was saying he wanted the rock, and I mean rightfully so, we should have got him the rock — I mean he’s an unbelievable player. Like ‘Yo, come in the game AB.'.

2. David Axelrod:

   Today, the White House and Democrats rightfully suspect that at least the House will turn in '22, so this brief moment of one-party control, albeit narrow, offers the last, best hope for the president and members to get big priorities done, that's why there is such urgent anxiety about loading up the Build Back Better Act with so many planks.

3. Volkswagen AG -LRB- VOWG_p:

   These plaintiffs had minimal losses and were rightfully denied the unjustified windfall they were seeking. Plaintiffs' counsel today asked for punitive damages in the millions of dollars, the jury correctly refused that request. Even so, this award exceeds clear constitutional limits and we will ask the court to reduce it accordingly.

4. Tom Conway:

   Collective bargaining makes them sit and share with us what we rightfully have a right to demand, be ready for it, because the fights will come whether we want them or not. But when the fights do come, we can win those fights.

5. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   It's readily apparent that that apology was warranted. But obviously the decisions that Prime Minister Netanyahu has to make about who will serve his government and represent him and his country are decisions that he rightfully will make on his own.

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