The phrase "rightly credited" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means that something or someone has been given the correct recognition or acknowledgment for their actions or contributions. Example: The success of the project is rightly credited to the hard work and dedication of the entire team.
Jackie Stewart was rightly credited with securing great advances in circuit safety when a world champion driver in the 1960s and 70s.
Palmer was rightly credited with reviving the almost moribund Open by playing in it for the first time at St Andrews in 1960.
But it still bothers me that you evoke a "mystery" surrounding this man, rightly credited by Jefferson with moments of moral sublimity but also documented by Bart Ehrman and others as having been almost uniformly misunderstood.
Although imprinting was first studied by the Englishman Douglas Spalding in the 19th century, Konrad Lorenz is usually, and rightly, credited with having been the first not only to experiment on the phenomenon but also to study its wider implications.
They also show how the best books help both to shape the business world and to make sense of it.Henry Ford is rightly credited with inventing the assembly line and with it mass production.
Miles Davis's group in the mid-1960's, with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, is rightly credited with opening up the field for rhythm sections behind horns.
Mann rightly notes the Obamians lack a philosophy and rightly credits them with common-sense impulses.
Isn't this identical to the political achievement with which she (rightly) credits Alice Waters?
Powers rightly credits Hoover with smashing Nazi and Communist spy rings during this period.
In his catalog essay Mr. Rubinstein rightly credits all with faith in a grand painting tradition dating to the early Renaissance.
Martin rightly credits Edmond Malone, Boswell's editor, for the book's existence... Boswell lives on because he reached out.
