duly
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4.6
- adverb
- /ˈduːli/
- Formal
:
debidamente
- The application was duly submitted before the deadline.
- duly noted
- duly elected
- duly appointed
This is why I think you have to be duly cautious when dealing with Jordan Peterson.
- This is why I think you have to be duly cautious when dealing with Jordan Peterson.
- But I, I felt duly chastised and and I carried on with the job.
- He staged A coup to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to the duly elected successor, Joe Biden, who was elected fairly and freely.
- Al Timur reluctantly agreed, and the six year old Aringabel was duly enthroned as Great Khan, only to die two months later.
- Al Timur reluctantly agreed and the six year old Irinjibal was duly enthroned as Great Khan, only to die two months later.
- The classroom duly exploded and greens screams and groans.
Examples
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Your concerns were duly addressed during the meeting.
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A day which I must duly still remember did open first this eye, and showed this light.
Fiction book (1996) -
- Duly noted, move out.
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Yeah, well, maybe the duly appointed authorities or something like that.
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Your thoughts are duly noted.
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Your objection is duly noted.
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It should be duly noted, Chairman, that this is not a scheduled visit.
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All right, duly noted.
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You were duly informed!
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Well... your objections are duly noted and summarily overruled.
Synonyms
686
1.0
To do something in the right way
120
3.5
In a suitable way for the situation
113
2.6
In a fair way because someone deserves it
72
3.7
In a fair and legal way
31
3.7
In a way that fits the situation
14
3.0
In a way that fits the situation
9
3.9
In a way that is right for the situation
1
8.3
In a proper way for the situation
In a way that is right for the situation
In a way that suits the situation
Antonyms
How Properly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Duly comes from due, which meant 'owed' or 'proper', plus the ending -ly that makes it mean 'in that way'. So when something is done duly, it is done in the 'right' or 'expected' way.