duly
Appearance
See also: dulþ
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English duely, dewly, dulyche, dueliche, duweliche (“rightly, properly”), equivalent to due + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈduli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdjuːli/, /ˈdʒuːli/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈdʒʉːli/, /ˈdjʉːli/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːli
Adverb
[edit]duly (comparative more duly, superlative most duly)
- In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; suitably; properly.
- The citizen's concern was duly noted in the meeting minutes.
- 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Walcott's display deserved a goal and it duly arrived after 55 minutes. As he had done throughout, the forward ran straight at Chelsea's defence, riding two challenges and even falling before firing an emphatic shot past Cech.
- 2023 December 1, Emma Sanders, “England 3-2 Netherlands”, in BBC Sport[2]:
- Their first-half display was nowhere near good enough and they were duly punished by Beerensteyn's ruthlessness, with Wiegman also paying for some questionable team selections.
- Regularly; at the proper time.
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
- The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]properly
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regularly
References
[edit]- “duly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “duly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “duly”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Participle
[edit]duly
- inflection of dout:
Middle English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]duly
- Alternative form of duely
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