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Meaning: According towhat isright, or what one islegallyormorallyentitledto;justly,properly,rightfully.Synonyms:fairly,in fairness,injusticeThe post of vice-president should,by right, have been given to John.1531,Thomas Elyot, “Of the Fifthe Branche, Called Circumspection, Shewed in Reprinse”, inErnest Rhys, editor,The Boke Named the Governour[…](Everyman’s Library), London:J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.:E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published[1907],→OCLC, 1st book,page104:Whiche praise, with the honour thereunto due, as inheritaunce discendethby righteunto his most noble sonne, our moste dere soueraigne lorde that nowe presently raigneth. For, as Tulli [i.e.,Marcus Tullius Cicero] saithe, the best inheritance that the fathers leue to their children, excellynge all other patrimonie, is the glorie or praise of vertue and noble actis.c.1593(date written), [William Shakespeare],The Tragedy of King Richard the Third.[…](First Quarto), London:[…]Valentine Sims[andPeter Short] forAndrew Wise,[…], published1597,→OCLC, [Act I, scene iii],signature C, verso:A huſband and a ſon thou ovveſt to me, / And thou a kingdome, all of you allegeance: / The ſorrovv that I haueby rightis yours, / And all the pleaſures you vſurpe are mine.1671,John Milton, “The Second Book”, inParadise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London:[…]J[ohn]M[acock]for John Starkey[…],→OCLC,page45, lines325–327:Ovve not all Creaturesbyjuſtrightto thee / Duty and Service, nor to ſtay till bid, / But tender all their povver?1855,Charles Kingsley, “How Amyas Came Home the First Time”, inWestward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight,[…], volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire:Macmillan & Co.,→OCLC,page32:[T]all and stately men, and fair ladies, worthy of the days when the gentry of England werebyduerightthe leaders of the people, by personal prowess and beauty, as well as by intellect and education.1863October 24,Charles Dickens, “Titbull’s Alms-houses”, inThe Uncommercial Traveller, new edition, London:Chapman & Hall,[…], published1866,→OCLC,page192, column 2:Well, whether the gentlemen really do deprive us of any little matters which ought to be oursby rights, I cannot say for certain; but the opinion of the old ones is they do.1884,H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter VII, inDawn[…], volume I, London:Hurst and Blackett,[…],→OCLC,page101:He told me not to tell anyone. I suppose that I should notby rightshave told you.2007September 27,Paul Thomas Anderson,There Will Be Blood, spoken by Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), Los Angeles, Calif.:Paramount Vantage;Miramax Films,→OCLC:The rest will be speculators, that's men trying to get between you and the oilmen to get some of the money that ought,by rights, come to you.2011February 21, Eilidh Nisbet, “February 1951”, inGiddy Old School: The Diary of a Swot 1948 to 1951, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire:AuthorHouse,→ISBN,page268:By rightsI ought to have been lolling in bed this morning, but Nancy was ill and I had to goalkeep for the Second.; (obsolete)Inreality;correctly,to tell the truth,truthfully.Synonyms:seeThesaurus:actuallya.1543(date written), [Thomas Wyatt], “How the Louer Perisheth in His Delight, as the Flie in the Fire”, inSonges and Sonettes, London:[…]Richard Tottel, published 10 August 1557 (Gregorian calendar),→OCLC,folio 21, verso:And ſome [fowl], becauſe the light doth them offend, / Neuer appeare, but in the darke, or night. / Other reioyce, to ſe the fire ſo bright / And wene to play in it, as they pretend: / Alas, of that ſort may I be,by right. / For to withſtand her loke I am not able: / Yet can I not hide me in no dark place:[…]
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