by rights
/baɪ ˈɹaits/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Alternative form of by right.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /baɪ ˈɹaits/
- British English: /baɪ ˈɹaits/