If you say that someone or something has returned to its rightful place or position, they have returned to the place or position that you think they should have. The Baltics' own democratic traditions would help them to regain their rightful place in Europe + rightfully right·ful·ly Jealousy is the feeling that someone else has something that rightfully belongs to you. according to what is correct or what should be done legally or morally
Having the right or just claim according to established laws; being or holding by right; as, the rightful heir to a throne or an estate; a rightful king