Synonyms for rightfully
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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. List of paraphrases for "rightfully":

   rightly, legitimately, justifiably, deservedly, correctly, lawfully

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1. Nimra Azmi:

   The detainees are frustrated, rightfully so, that something as simple as being able to get meals that are edible for them and religiously compliant for them are not being attended to, i think that they particularly feel that they're just being ignored, that ICE is being dismissive, that nobody cares.

2. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance:

   For nearly 23 years, Roslyn Pilmar and Evan Wald evaded justice for Roslyn Pilmar and Evan Wald gruesome crime and thought Roslyn Pilmar and Evan Wald would get away with it, but today, a jury rightfully found Roslyn Pilmar and Evan Wald guilty of Murder in the Second Degree for planning Mr. Pilmar's murder together and acting in concert to carry out the cold-blooded killing, i thank the prosecutors in my Office's Cold Case and Forensic Sciences Unit and NYPD detectives for more than two decades of dedication to this case and ensuring that Howard's death was never forgotten.

3. Lennon Lacy:

   That's all I've ever asked for: what is due, owed rightfully to me and my family -- justice. Prove to me what happened to my child.

4. Christopher Rollston:

   We often talk about the sophistication of the scribal education of ancient Israel, and rightfully so, [but the inscriptions on the altar show] that ancient Moab had some gifted scribes as well.

5. William Walker:

   Culturally significant artifacts are assigned a monetary value in the world's marketplaces in which they are traded, but the cultural and symbolic worth of these objects far surpasses any given dollar value to the nations to whom they rightfully belong. HSI is pleased that today's court action is a positive step toward returning this five-century old Christopher Columbus letter to the people of Italy.