rightly

adv

• ①[无比较级]正直地;正当地
  • We should judge others rightly.我们应该公正地评判别人。

• ②[无比较级]正确地;确实地
  • if I remember rightly假如我没有记错

• ③[修饰全句]适当地;当然
  • It is rightly said that life is short.人生短促这句话说得很恰当。
  • They are rightly indignant.他们当然感到愤慨。

• ④[用于否定句]【口】确定地(=for certain)
  • I can't rightly say whether it was Wednesday or Thursday.我不能确定地说,那天是星期三,还是星期四。