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.
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His uncles were duly impressed, and in 1905, when Sung Pan retired to China, Ming Tai took over the older man’s shares in two cigar factories and the dry goods store, Kwong Tai Chong.
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Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Continuing in his take-no-prisoners approach, Lane moved on from Chalamet to relate an anecdote, first told by his friend Jesse Tyler Ferguson on a podcast, in which Lane met Ferguson’s young son, who was duly dazzled by The Lion King star.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
Sabalenka duly beat Osaka soundly Tuesday, relying on her devastating serve to get her teeth into the match and putting Osaka under unrelenting pressure.
—Ava Wallace, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Once a sky-blue democracy is restored, may Trump’s days of infamy be ruled illegitimate and his name and legacy duly tainted by all of history, darkly blackened or cautiously reddened in the honest records that this twerp and his twisted cohorts have conspired so heinously to whitewash.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
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Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Continuing in his take-no-prisoners approach, Lane moved on from Chalamet to relate an anecdote, first told by his friend Jesse Tyler Ferguson on a podcast, in which Lane met Ferguson’s young son, who was duly dazzled by The Lion King star.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
Sabalenka duly beat Osaka soundly Tuesday, relying on her devastating serve to get her teeth into the match and putting Osaka under unrelenting pressure.
—Ava Wallace, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Once a sky-blue democracy is restored, may Trump’s days of infamy be ruled illegitimate and his name and legacy duly tainted by all of history, darkly blackened or cautiously reddened in the honest records that this twerp and his twisted cohorts have conspired so heinously to whitewash.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
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“Duly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duly. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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duly
adverb
du·ly
ˈd(y)ü-lē 
: in a due manner, time, or degree
Legal Definition
duly
adverb
du·ly
ˈdü-lē, ˈdyü-
: in a due manner or time
failed to duly deliver
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