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Webster 1913 Edition
Duly
Du′ly
,adv.
In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it (anything) ought to be; properly; regularly.
Webster 1828 Edition
Duly
DULY
,adv.
1.
Properly; fitly; in a suitable or becoming manner; as, let the subject be duly considered.2.
Regularly; at the proper time; as, a man duly attended church with his family.Definition 2024
duly
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See also: dulþ
English
Adverb
duly (comparative more duly, superlative most duly)
- In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; properly.
- The citizen's concern was duly noted in the meeting minutes.
- Regularly; at the proper time.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict:
- The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.
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Derived terms
- duly noted
Translations
properly
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