# rightly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈɹaɪtli/ · frequency rank #10,758

## Definitions
1. In a right manner; correctly, justifiably.

## Etymology
From Middle English ryȝtly, rihtliche, from Old English rihtlīċe, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtalīkā, *rehtalīkō, from Proto-Germanic *rehtalīkê, *rehtalīkô (“rightly”), equivalent to right + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtlik, Dutch rechtelijk, German rechtlich, Swedish rätteligen, Icelandic réttilega.

## Easily confused with
- **rights** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rightly-vs-rights)
- **rigidly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rightly-vs-rigidly)
- **right** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/right-vs-rightly)
- **richly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/richly-vs-rightly)

## Common misspellings (12)
`irghtly`, `rgihtly`, `rigghtly`, `righhtly`, `righlty`, `rightlly`, `rightlyy`, `righttly`, `rightyl`, `rigthly`, `rihgtly`, `rrightly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rightly