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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The hotel's restaurant, Pavyllon by Yannick Alléno, is duly grand, with white tablecloths, velvet banquettes, and a menu that, according to general manager Romain Mervelay, marries French techniques with seasonal ingredients to please British palates.
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Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
The British duly closed the last of the coconut farms and, from 1967 to 1973, removed the Chagossians to Mauritius and the Seychelles, where many suffered extreme poverty.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
And the screen is often duly obscured in a whitish haze, some of it moving through the skies above, some of it rising from the Phlegraean Fields, an active eight-mile-wide caldera to the west of Naples.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
The traditional theatrical chains are vital to our cohesion as a society, and are duly cautious [about AI].
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
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Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
The British duly closed the last of the coconut farms and, from 1967 to 1973, removed the Chagossians to Mauritius and the Seychelles, where many suffered extreme poverty.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
And the screen is often duly obscured in a whitish haze, some of it moving through the skies above, some of it rising from the Phlegraean Fields, an active eight-mile-wide caldera to the west of Naples.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
The traditional theatrical chains are vital to our cohesion as a society, and are duly cautious [about AI].
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Duly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duly. Accessed 9 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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