right和wrong与rightly和wrongly一样也可用作副词。但rightly, wrongly一般用在所修饰的动词前;在其他位置上时一般用right, wrong,不过有时也用-ly的形式。
- You didn't spell that word right .
那个词你拼写得不对。 - Do you think he did right/rightly?
你认为他做得对吗? - They rightly assumed that he would refuse to help.
他们认定,他将拒绝给予帮助,这是不错的。 - I can't rightly recollect whether he said that or not.
我记不起他是否讲过那话。 - He was punished, and (very) rightly so.
他受到了惩罚,并且罪有应得。
*但在下列句子中,两组词习惯上不能换用:
- He is wrongly informed about the matter.
他被错误地告知了这件事。 - He wrongly refused to accept the offer.
他错误地拒绝了这项建议。 - It served him right!
他活该! - Everything went right with him.
他一切顺利。