Meaning of by rights | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“Well, whether the gentlemen really do deprive us of any little matters which ought to be ours by rights, I cannot say⟳ for certain; but the opinion of the old ones is they do.”

“He told me not to tell⟳ anyone. I suppose⟳ that I should not by rights have⟳ told you.”

“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.”

“By rights I ought to have⟳ been lolling in bed this morning, but Nancy was ill and I had to goalkeep for the Second.”

“You Keep⟳ Fucking Me is one of the highlights of a new exhibition of her paintings, all of them created since her diagnosis with a cancer that should, by rights, have⟳ seen her off.”

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