justifiedly

English

Etymology

justified +‎ -ly

Adverb

justifiedly (comparative more justifiedly, superlative most justifiedly)

1. In a justified manner; with good cause.
   • 1895, Chas. C. Southwell, “Compressed Air in Dentistry”, in The Dental Review‎^[1], volume 9, number 7, Chicago, page 440:

     The patient justifiedly becomes uneasy and rebellious under very hot and cold fire and the attempted desiccation is tedious, painful and inoperative[...].

   • 1970, “Leslie on Milton's theology”, in John T. Shawcross, editor, John Milton, Volume 1: 1628-1731‎^[2], Psychology Press, published 1995, page 117:

     Here Leslie shows his unhappiness with the imaginative treatment of angels in Paradise Lost, a treatment he perhaps justifiedly thought people read as truth.

   • 2010, Robert Audi, Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge‎^[3], Routledge, page 213:

     If I know something is so, then it is true, whereas I can justifiedly believe something false.

Synonyms

• rightly