Duly
['djuːlɪ] or ['dʊli]
Definition
(adv.) In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it (anything) ought to be; properly; regularly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Properly, fitly, in a suitable manner.[2]. Regularly, in course, at the proper time.
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Definition
adv. properly: fitly: at the proper time.
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Examples
- The pulp, duly beaten, refined, screened, and diluted with water, is then piped into the flow-box of the Fourdrinier machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mr. Jones wrote a full and particular account of the dinner, which appeared duly in the Demagogue. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And Betteredge duly communicated it by letter, I went on. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But, when the ground has not been duly prepared, you will have noticed how poor is the look either of purple or of any other colour. Plato. The Republic.
- Her pardon was duly begged at the close of the song, and every thing usual followed. Jane Austen. Emma.
- These smearings and scratchings, washings and dashings, being duly performed, the next ceremonial is to cleanse and replace the distracted furniture. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The draft was duly honoured, and the attorney, finding that his strange client might be safely relied upon, commenced his work in earnest. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- My pence were duly paid, and the rest is familiar to you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They looked at their watches, were duly shocked, and took their leave. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Emanuel's gifts kept well supplied with chocolate comfits: It pleased him to see even a small matter from his hand duly appreciated. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Yorkshire people in those days took their tea round the table, sitting well into it, with their knees duly introduced under the mahogany. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The engine duly arrived from Birmingham and was carried to the shipyard. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The collision duly took place in the hall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The hungry and destitute situation of the infant orphan was duly reported by the workhouse authorities to the parish authorities. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Giving the waiter to the personage before mentioned, as a block-head duly qualified for that consignment, Mr. Harthouse hurried into the gallery. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mr. Winkle entered the witness-box, and having been duly sworn, bowed to the judge with considerable deference. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I received duly my good old friend's letter of the 19th of February. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He duly summoned me to his presence in the evening. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The will was duly finished, signed, and witnessed by my clerk. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I duly observed the same. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You are so severe, I am frightened at you, said Rosamond, keeping her amusement duly moderate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is duly executed and attested. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In due season, the gentle Amy was delivered of a fine boy, by my old friend Sam Merriman, and was duly announced to be as well as could be expected. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The window, the curtains, the carpet, the chair, the rope--each in turn was minutely examined and duly pondered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Festival fires to Thor and Woden had followed on the same ground and duly had their day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I had received a formal answer acknowledging its receipt and saying, We note the contents thereof, which shall be duly communicated to our client. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His visit was duly paid. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- These phaenomena, when duly weighed, will be found convincing proofs of this hypothesis. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Lily was duly impressed by the magnitude of her opportunities. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Not exactly the same materials, said Will, thinking that he would be duly reserved. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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