rightly
adverb /ˈraɪtli/
/ˈraɪtli/
- for a good reason
正当地；理由充分地 - The school was rightly proud of the excellent exam results.
学校为这次出色的考试成绩感到骄傲，这是理所当然的。 - He was proud of his beautiful house, and rightly so.
他为自己的漂亮房子感到骄傲，这是很自然的。 - Quite rightly, the environment is of great concern.
当然，环境问题非常受关注。 - Rightly or wrongly, many older people are afraid of violence in the streets.
不管正不正当，反正许多年长者都害怕街头暴力。
- Rightly or wrongly, he was released early from prison.
不论对错，他提前获释了。 - She believed, quite rightly, that he had let her down.
她觉得他很让她失望，她这样想没错。
- The school was rightly proud of the excellent exam results.
- in a correct or accurate way
正确地；恰当地；精确地 - As she rightly pointed out, the illness can affect adults as well as children.
她说得对，这种病不仅影响儿童，也会影响成年人。 - I can't rightly say what happened.
我说不准到底发生了什么事。 - I don't rightly know where he's gone.
我说不好他上哪儿去了。 - If I remember rightly, there's a train at six o'clock.
如果我没记错的话，六点钟有一趟火车。
Which Word? right / rightlyright / rightly- Right and rightly can both be used as adverbs. In the sense ‘correctly’ or ‘in the right way’, right is the usual adverb. It is only used after verbs:
right 和 rightly 均可用作副词。表示正确地、恰当地，则通常用副词 right；此词只用于动词之后： - He did it right.
他做得对。 - Did I spell your name right?
你的名字我拼得对不对？
上述用法不能用 rightly，在正式用语中可用 correctly： - Is your name spelled correctly?
你的名字拼正确了吗？
- He did it right.
- The usual meaning of rightly is ‘for a good reason’ and it comes before an adjective:
rightly 的通常意义为理所当然地，用于形容词前： - They are rightly proud of their children.
他们当然为他们的孩子而骄傲。
该词亦可表示正确地，用于动词前或某些短语中： - As you rightly say, we have a serious problem.
你说得对，我们有严重困难。
- They are rightly proud of their children.
- As she rightly pointed out, the illness can affect adults as well as children.