[onlybeforenoun] (formal) that is correct, right or legal:
The stolen car was returned to its rightful owner. * Every book and ornament was returned to its rightful place when we had finished painting the room.
rightfully adverb:
She was only claiming what was rightfully hers. * The property rightfully belonged to his brother, not to him.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for rightful is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is rightful a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, rightful is tagged as adjective.
Does rightful appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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