Sentence examples for was rightly applied from inspiring English sources
adverb
Aright, in a right manner, correctly, justifiably.
- She was quite rightly disappointed in not being promoted.
The term freie Reichsstadt, or Free Imperial City, was sometimes used interchangeably with Reichsstadt but was rightly applied to only seven cities Basel, Strasbourg (Strassburg), Speyer, Worms, Mainz, Cologne, and Regensburg which had won independence from ecclesiastical lords and thus obtained a position indistinguishable from that of the Reichsstadt.
This is a textbook example of where the Lacey Act was rightly applied to protect the future of an industry by preventing exploitation today.
But post-war West Germany in the 1960s and 1970s benefited from Keynesian ideas that were rightly applied: repaying the costs of deficit spending after recovery.
America was "rightly" defending its industry.
Referee Michael Oliver was rightly unmoved.
If these were stroke victims, we would be rightly appalled.
He was, rightly, eventually booked.
Similarly, the probability for AF presence was rightly predicted in 89% of the cases.
The public was rightly enraged.
He was rightly praised for doing so.
I was rightly wary about this one.
