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rightliest

rightliest is the superlative 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 rightliest

What is rightliest the superlative form of?
Rightliest is the superlative form of rightly.

Words near rightliest in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rightliest (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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