justly
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒʌstli/
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Adverb
editjustly (comparative justlier or more justly, superlative justliest or most justly)
- In a just or fair manner; rightfully.
- 1890, Robert Franklin Pennell, History of Rome:
- His valor, wisdom, and justice made him justly popular, but caused him to be regarded with suspicion at Rome.
- With a just or fair use of language; with good reason, properly.
- 2012, Jay Newton-Small, ‘Gangless in Glasgow’, Time, 1 Oct 2011:
- But the city on the River Clyde can justly claim to have turned the tide.
- 2012, Jay Newton-Small, ‘Gangless in Glasgow’, Time, 1 Oct 2011:
- (obsolete) With great precision; accurately, exactly.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 14, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires.
Translations
editIn a just or fair manner
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