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Examples of duly in a Sentence
They were duly impressed by her speech.
The objections were duly noted.
The singer duly appeared back on stage for an encore.
Recent Examples of duly from the Web
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The award of the late spot kick sparked long-time Juve goalkeeper and club talisman Gianluigi Buffon to unleash a torrent of invective against referee Michael Oliver, who duly showed the Italian a red.
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Huawei claims two days of battery life with the P20 Pro, and the phone duly delivers.
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In keeping with this botanical theme, John Wedgewood, son of Joshua, was duly appointed to the Royal Horticultural Society of London.
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Remembering her allows us to pretend that, somehow, that other fork in the road was really taken, that Winnie’s message was duly heard and received.
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Lazio received an email that appeared to be from the Dutch champions asking for the two million euros along with bank account details, and duly sent the money.
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The Council's attorney, Wanda Cochran, said that the ordinance will take effect as soon as its text has been duly published in the pages of the Press-Register -- maybe not this weekend, but almost certainly by next weekend.
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He was duly taken to see an infant boy being cared for by his mother and grandmother.
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The words are duly translated and Kim Jong-Un beams, as if to say, Dude, this guy gets it.
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First Known Use of duly
14th century
duly Synonyms
Synonyms
appropriately, congruously, correctly, fittingly, happily, meetly, properly, right, rightly, suitably;
Antonyms
improperly, inappropriately, incongruously, incorrectly, unseemly, unsuitably, wrongly;
DULY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of duly for English Language Learners
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: in the proper or expected way
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: at the correct or expected time
DULY Defined for Kids
Definition of duly for Students
: in a due or appropriate manner, time, or degree
- Preparations were duly made.
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of duly
: in a due manner or time
- failed to duly deliver
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