justly en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈdʒʌstli/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Archaic Latin *iowos, *iowez- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Archaic Latin -tus Archaic Latin iovestos Latin iūstus Old French justebor. Middle English juste English just Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English justly From just + -ly.
Meanings
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In a just or fair manner; rightfully.
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.
1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 460:His valor, wisdom, and justice made him justly popular, but caused him to be regarded with suspicion at Rome.
1890, Robert Franklin Pennell, History of Rome:
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With a just or fair use of language; with good reason, properly.
But the city on the River Clyde can justly claim to have turned the tide.
2012, Jay Newton-Small, ‘Gangless in Glasgow’, Time, 1 Oct 2011
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(obsolete) With great precision; accurately, exactly.
It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 14, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most justly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| justlier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| more justly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| justliest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Translations (30)
bg законно (In a just or fair manner) · la aeque (In a just or fair manner) · cs spravedlivě (In a just or fair manner) · la incorrupte (In a just or fair manner) · hu jogosan (In a just or fair manner) · de gerecht (In a just or fair manner) · fi syystä (In a just or fair manner) · sa ऋतेन (In a just or fair manner) · ar مِن اَلْعَدْل (In a just or fair manner) · cmn 公正地 (In a just or fair manner) · ja 公正に (In a just or fair manner) · grc δικαίως (In a just or fair manner) · fi aiheellisesti (In a just or fair manner) · ru справедли́во (In a just or fair manner) · ar بِالْعَدْل (In a just or fair manner) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌱𐌰 (In a just or fair manner) · fr justement (In a just or fair manner) · es justamente (In a just or fair manner) · it giustamente (In a just or fair manner) · ro pe bună dreptate (In a just or fair manner) · pt justamente (In a just or fair manner) · gl xustamente (In a just or fair manner) · ro în mod corect (In a just or fair manner) · la rite (In a just or fair manner) · fi oikeutetusti (In a just or fair manner) · es con razón (In a just or fair manner) · ca justament (In a just or fair manner) · la iuste (In a just or fair manner) · bg справедливо (In a just or fair manner) · la iure (In a just or fair manner)