Example sentences for: rightly

How can you use “rightly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Gore camp rightly takes credit for fighting for a federal surcharge on telephone service, with the funds going to help wire public schools and libraries for Internet service.

  • The New York Times Book Review says her scholarship rates no higher than the "the popular 'expert opinion' and self-help books she rightly criticizes."

  • Walsh quite rightly points out that his investigation was undermined at the outset by the congressional Iran-Contra committee's decision to grant immunity to Oliver North and White House National Security Adviser John Poindexter who, along with the conveniently deceased CIA Director William Casey, appear to have been the chief conspirators in the plot.

  • And since health care is rightly regarded as a public good, a country as wealthy as ours will inevitably provide a host of subsidies, both public and private, to encourage us to swallow a good deal more medicine than we would if we paid for it out of our own pockets.

  • Gore's political performances often "reek of the greasepaint he rightly scorns," but there are signs "that he can make a style of substance."


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