duly

See also: dulþ

English

Alternative forms

• duely (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English duely, dewly, dulyche, dueliche, duweliche (“rightly, properly”), equivalent to due +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈduli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdjuːli/, /ˈdʒuːli/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʉːli/, /ˈdjʉːli/

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• Rhymes: -uːli

Adverb

duly (comparative more duly, superlative most duly)

1. In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; 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.

2. Regularly; at the proper time.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[3]:

     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

• duly noted

Translations

properly

• Azerbaijani: lazımınca, cabəca, gərəkli şəkildə
• Bulgarian: съответно (bg) (sǎotvetno), надлежно (bg) (nadležno)
• Catalan: degudament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 恰當噉／恰当噉 (hap¹ dong³ gam²), 適當噉／适当噉 (sik¹ dong³ gam²)

• Finnish: asianmukaisesti
• French: dûment (fr)
• German: gebührend (de), ordnungsgemäß (de)
• Korean: 적당하게 (jeokdanghage)
• Middle English: duely
• Polish: należycie (pl)
• Portuguese: devidamente (pt)
• Russian: пра́вильно (ru) (právilʹno)
• Spanish: debidamente (es)
• Turkish: gereken şekilde, hakkıyla (tr), nizamî, usulen, usulünce, usulüne uygun

regularly

• Bulgarian: навреме (bg) (navreme)
• Catalan: degudament (ca)
• Finnish: ajallaan (fi)
• French: ponctuellement (fr)
• German: pünktlich (de)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 제시간에 (jesigane)
• Russian: во́время (ru) (vóvremja)

References

• “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

• Ludy

Middle English

Adverb

duly

1. Alternative form of duely