duely

English

Adverb

duely (comparative more duely, superlative most duely)

1. Obsolete spelling of duly.
   • 1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword:

     ...leauyng with me then hys poore widow and a great sort of orphanes a good comfort in the hope of your good continuance, which I haue truly found to me and myne, and therfore do duely and dayly pray for you and yours...

Anagrams

• Duley

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• duweliche, dewly, dulyche, duly, duelie, douly, deuly, duli, dueliche, dwly, dewlye

Etymology

From dewe +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiu̯(ə)liː/, /ˈdiu̯(ə)liːtʃ(ə)/

Adverb

duely

1. suitably, fittingly
2. duly, properly
3. lawfully, customarily
4. deservedly, justly

Descendants

• English: duly
• Scots: dewly, deuly

References

• “dūelī(e, -līch(e (adv.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-10.