justly

English

Etymology

From just +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌstli/

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Adverb

justly (comparative justlier or more justly, superlative justliest or most justly)

1. In a just or fair manner; rightfully.
   • 1890, Robert Franklin Pennell, History of Rome:

     His valor, wisdom, and justice made him justly popular, but caused him to be regarded with suspicion at Rome.

   • 1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 460:

     Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes and other exhibits.

2. With a just or fair use of language; with good reason, properly.
   • 2012, Jay Newton-Small, ‘Gangless in Glasgow’, Time, 1 Oct 2011:

     But the city on the River Clyde can justly claim to have turned the tide.

3. (obsolete) With great precision; accurately, exactly.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 14, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires.

Translations

In a just or fair manner

• Arabic: مِن اَلْعَدْل (ar) (min al-ʕadl), بِالْعَدْل (ar) (bi-l-ʕadl)
• Bulgarian: справедливо (bg) (spravedlivo), законно (bg) (zakonno)
• Catalan: justament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公正地 (zh) (gōngzhèng de)

• Czech: spravedlivě
• Finnish: oikeutetusti (fi), syystä (fi), aiheellisesti
• French: justement (fr)
• Galician: xustamente (gl)
• German: gerecht (de)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌱𐌰 (garaihtaba)
• Greek:

  Ancient: δικαίως (dikaíōs)

• Hungarian: jogosan (hu)
• Italian: giustamente (it)
• Japanese: 公正に (ja) (こうせいに, kōsei ni)
• Latin: iuste, iure (la), incorrupte, aeque, rite
• Portuguese: justamente (pt)
• Romanian: în mod corect, pe bună dreptate
• Russian: справедли́во (ru) (spravedlívo)
• Sanskrit: ऋतेन (sa) (ṛtena)
• Spanish: justamente (es), con razón (es)