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. Henrietta Lacks:

   We are moved to receive this historic recognition of my mother, Henrietta Lacks -- honouring who she was as a remarkable woman and the lasting impact of her HeLa cells. My mother's contributions, once hidden, are now being rightfully honored for their global impact, my mother was a pioneer in life, giving back to her community, helping others live a better life and caring for others.

2. Tom Conway:

   Collective bargaining makes them sit and share with us what we rightfully have a right to demand, be ready for it, because the fights will come whether we want them or not. But when the fights do come, we can win those fights.

3. Andrew Tabler:

   They think that Assad's immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn't go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again, this recent outburst of diplomacy is because everyone was becoming concerned, and rightfully so. But the results of that process were remarkably poor. They seem to cement the earlier political positions of the region when it comes to Syria.

4. Donald Trump:

   The corporations rightfully don't bring it back because they have a massive tax to pay and we've got to make it so they can bring it back, and I'll be bringing it back and we're going to have a lot of money pouring into the United States if I'm elected.

5. Brian Kuehl:

   There are rightfully many doubts about the President's claim that China will purchase $ 50 billion in ag products in a single year, our hope is that this is not another empty political promise to farmers.