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rightlier

rightlier is the comparative form of rightly.

Meaning of rightly

Adverb

rightly (comparative rightlier or more rightly, superlative rightliest or most rightly)

  1. In a right manner; correctly, justifiably.
    • She was quite rightly disappointed in not being promoted.

Questions about rightlier

What is rightlier the comparative form of?
Rightlier is the comparative form of rightly.

Words near rightlier in the dictionary

  1. rightist
  2. rightists
  3. rightle
  4. rightless
  5. rightlessness
  6. rightlier
  7. rightliest
  8. rightly
  9. rightly or wrongly
  10. rightly so
  11. rightmaking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rightlier (page history and authors); rightly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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