righteouslyadv.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪtʃəsli/, U.S.

/ˈraɪtʃəsli/

Forms: see righteous adj., n., adv., and int. and -ly suffix²; also late Middle English ryghtwysily (perhaps transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: righteous adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < righteous adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Old Icelandic réttvísliga, Old Swedish rätvislika (Swedish rättvisligen), Old Danish retwisalige.Compare also Old English rihtwīslic (adjective) righteous, just, rational ( < righteous adj. + -ly suffix¹):eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxviii. 281 Ðæt bið..unnyt word, ðætte gescedwise menn ne magon ongietan ðæt hit belimpe to ryhtwislicre & to nytwyrðlicre ðearfe.OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 108 Eala me ungesæligan, swa rihtwislicre gesihðe [L. tam iuste speciei] afremdad me.

a. In accordance with justice or goodness; with due regard for moral principles or the precepts of divine law; virtuously, uprightly.Now sometimes with implications of self-righteousness.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adverb]

righteOE

righteouslyOE

justlyc1384

righteousa1400

uprightly1549

upright1601

α.

OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) xiv. 245 Se hlaford..swiðe rihtwislice on þam egesfullan dome ealle ure dæda aseceð.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) l. 279 (MED) Þu..nauest nawt þis strif rihtwisliche idealet, þu dest fifti meistres to moti wið a meiden.

c1350 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Rawl. C. 655) 126 (MED) Þere riȝt wyslyche saint Ion Babtizet ihesu in flom iurdan.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 44 (MED) He wald here þaire praier and graunt þat þai asked riȝtwisely.

c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 12/2 Al the ministeris..sal..oise rychtuisly thar lauch.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iii. 40 To thende that the sone shold Iuge rightwysly.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 4408 And was his ayr, of Lumbardy Kynge, and led it richtwisly [a1550 Wemyss wisly].

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Hvi^v But a famous marchaunt:..ryche, and habundant And ryghtwysely dealyng, is nat vituperable.

1550 N. Lesse tr. St. Augustine Worke Predestination Saints iii. sig. C.ii^v We do lyue honestlye, ryghtwisely, & vertuously, in this worlde.

β. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 11156 (MED) The syxte sacrament ys matrymony, Þere hyt ys do ryȝtwusly.1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. iii–v. sig. aiii I..byd hym..righteuously & worshipfully that he clayme ye croune.1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bv Al the chyldren of Israel that dyed ryghtuously vnder the lawe of Moyses.1526 Bible (Tyndale) Titus ii. 12 That we shuld live sobre mynded, righteously and godly in this..worlde.1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 85 Supposing thow may richtuslie be ane scherp iuge.a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 85, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Richtwisly Rychtuslie for my gilt I am..banist out of thi realm.1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. A3 Geue thay haif rewlit rychteuslie.1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxxiii. 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh vprightly. 1674 C. Ellis Catechism sig. A4 Live Godly, and Rightuously, and Soberly in this present world.a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. ii. 192 Let us..Live so righteously and holily, that we may be thought worthy of that Crown.1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad v. 150 Against the foe I'll [never] lift a hostile hand; Till, righteously fulfil'd, the truce expires.1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. i. 3 He solaced himself by righteously governing domains worthy of a prince.1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 603 They righteously administered their own land and the rest of Hellas.1915 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 19 326 Like the heathen priests, who were not expected to engage in war, they prayed for the army fighting righteously.1966 G. Greene Comedians i. i. 11 The steward with his hands folded said to him righteously, ‘There's really nothing I can do, sir.’1991 J. Pardoe How Many Times can you say Goodbye? (BNC) 20 It is not that people should be righteous in the expectation of some reward but rather they should behave righteously because of an inherent desire to do so.

b. Conscientiously, scrupulously; = religiously adv. 1b. Now rare.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adverb]

straitlyc1290

holilyc1374

strait1390

unpartingly1435

ritelyc1475

religiously1534

heedfully1561

rigorouslya1564

heedily1577

officiously1582

strictly1597

punctually1598

ritually1612

unadulterously1643

observantially1652

righteously1748

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lx. 259 My thoughts were so circumstanced at this time, that I should have digested the crime of robbery, so righteously had I concerted my plan, and ventured my life in the execution.

1835 H. St. G. Tucker Harold ii. iii, in Trag. Harold & Camoens 35 That law which bids tormenting doubts subside,..That law shall Edwin righteously obey.

1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. xvii. 447 They did not slip their cable, but righteously got up their anchor.

1879 Atlantic Monthly May 662/1 A rule..which some slovenly modern cooks do not righteously follow.

1999 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 27 July c4 It's safe to assume the co-anchor will be a white woman, to conform with TV news' unwritten but righteously followed salt-and-pepper standards.

2. In accordance with truth or fact; correctly, accurately; genuinely. Now U.S. slang (chiefly in African-American use, sometimes with reduced force as an intensifier).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adverb] > correctly, properly

on (also upon) righteOE

righteouslyeOE

arightc970

rightfully1340

accurately1581

nicely1597

exactly1776

square1868

α.

eOE Metres of Boethius (transcript of damaged MS) (2009) xxii. 45 Hu mæg ænig man andsware findan ðinga æniges, þegen mid gesceade, þeah hine rinca hwilc rihtwislice æfter frigne, gif he awuht nafað on his modsefan mycles ne lytles rihtwisnesses [read rihtwisnesse] ne geradscipes?

lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xxxv. 330 Hu mæg þonne ænig man ryhtwislice & gesceadwislice [andwyrdan].., gif he nan grot rihtwisnesse on him næfd [read næfð]?

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3742 Right-wisli [Fairf. riȝtly, Gött. Rihtful, Trin. Cambr. Skilful] es iacob his nam, þat es to sai, wit right langage, Supplanter als of heritage.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 709 Ryȝtwysly quo con rede, He loke on bok and be awayed.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) i. l. 844 Next lyis þe landis of Medy, Off Medus kyng callit richtwisly.

a1533 J. Frith in Test. W. Tracie (1535) sig. Ci Therfore he doth both rightwislye and godlye deduce his resurrection by Christes.

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. x. f. 217 Considerynge Alexander rightwiselye, wee must impute all his vertues to his owne nature, and hys vices either to hys youth, or to the greatnes of his fortune.

β. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 28 (MED) A childe that longe tyme was dumme..the vertu of God opynde both tonge and moweth, and rightwesly he spake.a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 340 Yet sir Kay..named hym more ryghteuously than he wende.a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 12 If the truth of thy loue to me were so righteously temper'd, as mine is to thee. 1703 Let. 1 Nov. in Fourth Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1751) III. 53 I herewith send you, from the Records of our Parliament, a true and authentick Account of the Massacre of Glenco, as you righteously call it.1752 C. Perry Seasonable Thoughts & Advices upon Inoculation 55 It may..be most righteously said of Physic..that verily it is not mysterious.1893 L. Wallace Prince of India iii. xiv. 189 ‘Is it not so?’ ‘It is righteously said, my Lord.’1966 H.S. Thompson Hell's Angels 17 Those goddamn girls were gigglin, righteously laughin.1977 E. Bunker Animal Factory 125 You don't know who's faking it and who's righteously a bad motherfucker.1988 ‘J. Norst’ Colors ii. 27 Rocket was beside him in the shotgun seat—righteously so called because the silent cuz had a gauge laying across his lap.1993 K. Scott Monster 14 There were three stages of reputation to go through before the title of O.G.—Original Gangster—would apply righteously.2005 L.A. Hayes Deeper Blue 161 What you need to be doing is fucking Daryl righteously.

3. As is due or appropriate; fittingly, deservedly; properly.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adverb] > deservedly

righteouslya1382

worthilyc1405

condignlyc1450

meritorilyc1503

gradely?1521

deservedly1548

deservingly1552

deservably1593

desertfully1601

meritoriously1607

meritedly1638

justly1849

α.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xix. 12 Riȝtwisly forsothe thei suffreden, aftir their shreudenesses.

c1436 Duke Burgundy (Rome) l. 105 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 89 (MED) Conteyne thiself, Phelipp, rightwisly shamed.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xix. 19 Than thou bere thy peyne as thou hast ryghtwysly deseruyd.

?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. xvii. 281 Benediccions..without ende, whiche rightwisly be due vnto the.

1550 N. Lesse tr. St. Augustine Of Vertue of Perseueraunce viii, in tr. St. Augustine Predestination of Saints sig. O.viii^v Let hym think & beleue, that he hath receuid no wronge, but y^e thinge which he hath most rightwisly deseruyd.

β. 1460 in J. B. Sheppard Let. Bks. Monastery Christ Church Canterbury (1889) 235 (MED) Ye shall truly and ryghtwosly trete the people of youre shirefweke.1544 Letanie in Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. C.iii Those euilles, that we moost rightuously haue deserued.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 162 He Justifiet al the partakeris..with a seueir torment, rychteouslie.a1647 T. Hooker Applic. of Redempt.: 9th & 10th Bks. (1657) x. 144 Thou hast no more than thou hast righteously deserved.1696 W. Bates Serm. Psalm CXXX 9 He might righteously exact of us ten thousand Talents that are due to him.1783 J. Shebbeare Pole-cat 21 You should have received that chastisement which you so righteously deserve.1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle i. 3 The fear of losing what he had so righteously gained, predominated over the sacred thirst of paper-money.a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 264 It is material and precarious, and has righteously been allowed to drop out of science.1918 E. M. Dell Greatheart 398 If he had taken her by the throat and wrung her neck, she would have considered him justified and herself but righteously punished.1953 Jet 12 Nov. 44 The ladies were righteously indignant over the failure to obtain promised hotel accommodations.1993 Guardian 17 Sept. ii. 8/3 He was righteously caned by musician Annif Cousins for tossing around such insulting clichés.

†4. Originally and chiefly Scottish. In accordance with legal entitlement; lawfully, legitimately; by right. Cf. rightfully adv. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > [adverb]

truly1376

rightfully?a1439

righteously1450

righta1500

fairly1540

de jure1611

1450 in J. B. Paul Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) II. 84/1 Quhatsumever my..balye ledis or dois richtwisli in my name.

1475 in D. Forbes & C. Innes Acct. Familie Innes (1864) 82 With all..richtwis pertinentis to the forsaidis landis pertening or that richtwisly may pertene.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 123 Here speris the doctour gif a man may for his temporale gudis rychtwisly conquest mak defensable were.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 137 Reuther is rychtuouslie sett in his place.

1635 Stewartry Court Bk. Monteith 12 Mar. Ane lyart horse..quhilk righteouslie appertenit to the said James.

a1767 W. Macfarlane Geneal. Coll. (1900) II. 400 Which he and William now Earl of Lindsay his Son hath ever since possest wrongously Notwithstanding the Same doth Rightously belong to the Laird of Edzell.

1851 Jurist 14 89/2 A Court of equity would make him..return a very large sum to Mr. Pinhorn,..to whom it..righteously belonged.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	righteously
释义	righteouslyadv. Brit. /ˈrʌɪtʃəsli/, U.S. /ˈraɪtʃəsli/ Forms: see righteous adj., n., adv., and int. and -ly suffix²; also late Middle English ryghtwysily (perhaps transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: righteous adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < righteous adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Old Icelandic réttvísliga, Old Swedish rätvislika (Swedish rättvisligen), Old Danish retwisalige.Compare also Old English rihtwīslic (adjective) righteous, just, rational ( < righteous adj. + -ly suffix¹):eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxviii. 281 Ðæt bið..unnyt word, ðætte gescedwise menn ne magon ongietan ðæt hit belimpe to ryhtwislicre & to nytwyrðlicre ðearfe.OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 108 Eala me ungesæligan, swa rihtwislicre gesihðe [L. tam iuste speciei] afremdad me. 1. a. In accordance with justice or goodness; with due regard for moral principles or the precepts of divine law; virtuously, uprightly.Now sometimes with implications of self-righteousness. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adverb] righteOE righteouslyOE justlyc1384 righteousa1400 uprightly1549 upright1601 α. OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) xiv. 245 Se hlaford..swiðe rihtwislice on þam egesfullan dome ealle ure dæda aseceð. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) l. 279 (MED) Þu..nauest nawt þis strif rihtwisliche idealet, þu dest fifti meistres to moti wið a meiden. c1350 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Rawl. C. 655) 126 (MED) Þere riȝt wyslyche saint Ion Babtizet ihesu in flom iurdan. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 44 (MED) He wald here þaire praier and graunt þat þai asked riȝtwisely. c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 12/2 Al the ministeris..sal..oise rychtuisly thar lauch. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iii. 40 To thende that the sone shold Iuge rightwysly. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 4408 And was his ayr, of Lumbardy Kynge, and led it richtwisly [a1550 Wemyss wisly]. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Hvi^v But a famous marchaunt:..ryche, and habundant And ryghtwysely dealyng, is nat vituperable. 1550 N. Lesse tr. St. Augustine Worke Predestination Saints iii. sig. C.ii^v We do lyue honestlye, ryghtwisely, & vertuously, in this worlde. β. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 11156 (MED) The syxte sacrament ys matrymony, Þere hyt ys do ryȝtwusly.1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. iii–v. sig. aiii I..byd hym..righteuously & worshipfully that he clayme ye croune.1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bv Al the chyldren of Israel that dyed ryghtuously vnder the lawe of Moyses.1526 Bible (Tyndale) Titus ii. 12 That we shuld live sobre mynded, righteously and godly in this..worlde.1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 85 Supposing thow may richtuslie be ane scherp iuge.a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 85, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Richtwisly Rychtuslie for my gilt I am..banist out of thi realm.1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. A3 Geue thay haif rewlit rychteuslie.1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxxiii. 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh vprightly. View more context for this quotation1674 C. Ellis Catechism sig. A4 Live Godly, and Rightuously, and Soberly in this present world.a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. ii. 192 Let us..Live so righteously and holily, that we may be thought worthy of that Crown.1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad v. 150 Against the foe I'll [never] lift a hostile hand; Till, righteously fulfil'd, the truce expires.1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. i. 3 He solaced himself by righteously governing domains worthy of a prince.1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 603 They righteously administered their own land and the rest of Hellas.1915 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 19 326 Like the heathen priests, who were not expected to engage in war, they prayed for the army fighting righteously.1966 G. Greene Comedians i. i. 11 The steward with his hands folded said to him righteously, ‘There's really nothing I can do, sir.’1991 J. Pardoe How Many Times can you say Goodbye? (BNC) 20 It is not that people should be righteous in the expectation of some reward but rather they should behave righteously because of an inherent desire to do so. b. Conscientiously, scrupulously; = religiously adv. 1b. Now rare.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adverb] straitlyc1290 holilyc1374 strait1390 unpartingly1435 ritelyc1475 religiously1534 heedfully1561 rigorouslya1564 heedily1577 officiously1582 strictly1597 punctually1598 ritually1612 unadulterously1643 observantially1652 righteously1748 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lx. 259 My thoughts were so circumstanced at this time, that I should have digested the crime of robbery, so righteously had I concerted my plan, and ventured my life in the execution. 1835 H. St. G. Tucker Harold ii. iii, in Trag. Harold & Camoens 35 That law which bids tormenting doubts subside,..That law shall Edwin righteously obey. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. xvii. 447 They did not slip their cable, but righteously got up their anchor. 1879 Atlantic Monthly May 662/1 A rule..which some slovenly modern cooks do not righteously follow. 1999 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 27 July c4 It's safe to assume the co-anchor will be a white woman, to conform with TV news' unwritten but righteously followed salt-and-pepper standards. 2. In accordance with truth or fact; correctly, accurately; genuinely. Now U.S. slang (chiefly in African-American use, sometimes with reduced force as an intensifier). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adverb] > correctly, properly on (also upon) righteOE righteouslyeOE arightc970 rightfully1340 accurately1581 nicely1597 exactly1776 square1868 α. eOE Metres of Boethius (transcript of damaged MS) (2009) xxii. 45 Hu mæg ænig man andsware findan ðinga æniges, þegen mid gesceade, þeah hine rinca hwilc rihtwislice æfter frigne, gif he awuht nafað on his modsefan mycles ne lytles rihtwisnesses [read rihtwisnesse] ne geradscipes? lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xxxv. 330 Hu mæg þonne ænig man ryhtwislice & gesceadwislice [andwyrdan].., gif he nan grot rihtwisnesse on him næfd [read næfð]? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3742 Right-wisli [Fairf. riȝtly, Gött. Rihtful, Trin. Cambr. Skilful] es iacob his nam, þat es to sai, wit right langage, Supplanter als of heritage. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 709 Ryȝtwysly quo con rede, He loke on bok and be awayed. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) i. l. 844 Next lyis þe landis of Medy, Off Medus kyng callit richtwisly. a1533 J. Frith in Test. W. Tracie (1535) sig. Ci Therfore he doth both rightwislye and godlye deduce his resurrection by Christes. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. x. f. 217 Considerynge Alexander rightwiselye, wee must impute all his vertues to his owne nature, and hys vices either to hys youth, or to the greatnes of his fortune. β. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 28 (MED) A childe that longe tyme was dumme..the vertu of God opynde both tonge and moweth, and rightwesly he spake.a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 340 Yet sir Kay..named hym more ryghteuously than he wende.a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 12 If the truth of thy loue to me were so righteously temper'd, as mine is to thee. View more context for this quotation1703 Let. 1 Nov. in Fourth Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1751) III. 53 I herewith send you, from the Records of our Parliament, a true and authentick Account of the Massacre of Glenco, as you righteously call it.1752 C. Perry Seasonable Thoughts & Advices upon Inoculation 55 It may..be most righteously said of Physic..that verily it is not mysterious.1893 L. Wallace Prince of India iii. xiv. 189 ‘Is it not so?’ ‘It is righteously said, my Lord.’1966 H.S. Thompson Hell's Angels 17 Those goddamn girls were gigglin, righteously laughin.1977 E. Bunker Animal Factory 125 You don't know who's faking it and who's righteously a bad motherfucker.1988 ‘J. Norst’ Colors ii. 27 Rocket was beside him in the shotgun seat—righteously so called because the silent cuz had a gauge laying across his lap.1993 K. Scott Monster 14 There were three stages of reputation to go through before the title of O.G.—Original Gangster—would apply righteously.2005 L.A. Hayes Deeper Blue 161 What you need to be doing is fucking Daryl righteously. 3. As is due or appropriate; fittingly, deservedly; properly. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adverb] > deservedly righteouslya1382 worthilyc1405 condignlyc1450 meritorilyc1503 gradely?1521 deservedly1548 deservingly1552 deservably1593 desertfully1601 meritoriously1607 meritedly1638 justly1849 α. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xix. 12 Riȝtwisly forsothe thei suffreden, aftir their shreudenesses. c1436 Duke Burgundy (Rome) l. 105 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 89 (MED) Conteyne thiself, Phelipp, rightwisly shamed. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xix. 19 Than thou bere thy peyne as thou hast ryghtwysly deseruyd. ?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. xvii. 281 Benediccions..without ende, whiche rightwisly be due vnto the. 1550 N. Lesse tr. St. Augustine Of Vertue of Perseueraunce viii, in tr. St. Augustine Predestination of Saints sig. O.viii^v Let hym think & beleue, that he hath receuid no wronge, but y^e thinge which he hath most rightwisly deseruyd. β. 1460 in J. B. Sheppard Let. Bks. Monastery Christ Church Canterbury (1889) 235 (MED) Ye shall truly and ryghtwosly trete the people of youre shirefweke.1544 Letanie in Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. C.iii Those euilles, that we moost rightuously haue deserued.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 162 He Justifiet al the partakeris..with a seueir torment, rychteouslie.a1647 T. Hooker Applic. of Redempt.: 9th & 10th Bks. (1657) x. 144 Thou hast no more than thou hast righteously deserved.1696 W. Bates Serm. Psalm CXXX 9 He might righteously exact of us ten thousand Talents that are due to him.1783 J. Shebbeare Pole-cat 21 You should have received that chastisement which you so righteously deserve.1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle i. 3 The fear of losing what he had so righteously gained, predominated over the sacred thirst of paper-money.a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 264 It is material and precarious, and has righteously been allowed to drop out of science.1918 E. M. Dell Greatheart 398 If he had taken her by the throat and wrung her neck, she would have considered him justified and herself but righteously punished.1953 Jet 12 Nov. 44 The ladies were righteously indignant over the failure to obtain promised hotel accommodations.1993 Guardian 17 Sept. ii. 8/3 He was righteously caned by musician Annif Cousins for tossing around such insulting clichés. †4. Originally and chiefly Scottish. In accordance with legal entitlement; lawfully, legitimately; by right. Cf. rightfully adv. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > [adverb] truly1376 rightfully?a1439 righteously1450 righta1500 fairly1540 de jure1611 1450 in J. B. Paul Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) II. 84/1 Quhatsumever my..balye ledis or dois richtwisli in my name. 1475 in D. Forbes & C. Innes Acct. Familie Innes (1864) 82 With all..richtwis pertinentis to the forsaidis landis pertening or that richtwisly may pertene. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 123 Here speris the doctour gif a man may for his temporale gudis rychtwisly conquest mak defensable were. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 137 Reuther is rychtuouslie sett in his place. 1635 Stewartry Court Bk. Monteith 12 Mar. Ane lyart horse..quhilk righteouslie appertenit to the said James. a1767 W. Macfarlane Geneal. Coll. (1900) II. 400 Which he and William now Earl of Lindsay his Son hath ever since possest wrongously Notwithstanding the Same doth Rightously belong to the Laird of Edzell. 1851 Jurist 14 89/2 A Court of equity would make him..return a very large sum to Mr. Pinhorn,..to whom it..righteously belonged. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.eOE
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