legal(ly), proper(ly), licit(ly) (according to all applicable laws and rules) · by right, duly, rightly
köken: Equivalent to recht (“right, correct, just”) + -ens (adverbial suffix).
🔊 Das ist alles rechtens.
🔊 Er hat sich moralisch falsch, aber rechtens verhalten.
de jure · by right, by rights; ex officio
eş: légalement, légitimement
köken: Compare Italian di diritto.
by right
köken: Literally, “in justice”.
as a right; by right
köken: Literally, “of right”. Compare French de droit.
🔊 Julia era diventata una necessità fisica, qualcosa che non solo voleva, ma che doveva avere di diritto.
by right, according to law
köken: Borrowed from German rechtens.
nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of δικαιωματικός (dikaiomatikós)
really, actually, for real
köken: oikea (“right, correct; real”) + -sti (“-ly”)
🔊 Ei sitä kukaan oikeasti uskonut.
by right, in justice, properly
köken: gyda (“with”) + iawn (“rightness, truth”). The pronunciation of gydag with /ɨ̞ ~ ɪ/ reflects its origin as two separate words, cyd (“joint, united”) + ag (“with”).
in justice, justly, by right
köken: Learned borrowing from Old Armenian իրաւամբ (irawamb), singulative instrumental of իրաւունք (irawunkʻ).