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Duly

//ˈdʒuːli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; suitably; properly.

    "The citizen's concern was duly noted in the meeting minutes."

  2. 2
    Regularly; at the proper time.

    "The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English duely, dewly, dulyche, dueliche, duweliche (“rightly, properly”), equivalent to due + -ly.

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