Definition of "rightfully" []

• In accordance with what is right or just; fairly. (adverb)
• Rightly, correctly. (adverb)

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• "Today, the title "video artist" could be claimed by any kid with a camera, but the label rightfully belongs to Viola, who harnessed the potential of high-definition technology to produce evocative and startling snippets of video for museums and installations."
• "She also said this: the public rightfully is still making it anissue"
• "He acknowledged that most Americans remain "rightfully angry" at seeing their government bail out the financial firms whose recklessness sent the housing market into a tailspin, triggered a wave of unemployment and wreaked havoc on the economy."