duly
See also: dulþ
English
Etymology
From Middle English duely, duweliche (“rightly, properly”), from dewe (“due”) + -liche (“-ly”)
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈduli/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdjuːli/, /ˈdʒuːli/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "NZ" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdʒʉːli/, /ˈdjʉːli/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːli
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.
- 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.
- Regularly; at the proper time.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict[2]:
- 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
Translations
properly
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regularly
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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
Middle English
Adverb
duly
- Alternative form of duely