as in properly
in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose
the perpetrators of this outrageous crime will be duly punished
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Recent Examples of duly
Simone Inzaghi’s side were duly demolished 5-0 in the most one-sided final in the competition’s history.
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Having thus proved his usefulness — and that there’s no task too lowly for this factotum to unquestioningly carry out — Henri is duly hired and suddenly his fortunes are on the rise.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 May 2026
The whole stage crew appears (another signature Holzinger move) to take stock and duly reset the scene.
—Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
Trevor is a lanky, handsome Pacific Northwesterner duly decked out in flannel and denim.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 11 May 2026
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Having thus proved his usefulness — and that there’s no task too lowly for this factotum to unquestioningly carry out — Henri is duly hired and suddenly his fortunes are on the rise.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 May 2026
The whole stage crew appears (another signature Holzinger move) to take stock and duly reset the scene.
—Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
Trevor is a lanky, handsome Pacific Northwesterner duly decked out in flannel and denim.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duly
Adverb
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Gould champions the idea of holding dog owners accountable for properly training and containing their dogs.—
Natasha Holt,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Downed trees and powerlines stretched across parts of Justice and Hickory Hills along Roberts Avenue, with multiple intersections not working properly because of all the outages.—
Asal Rezaei,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
Adverb
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The working assumption — correctly — is that anything digital taken into China should be treated as potentially compromised.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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The results were again mixed, with six to seven of the 10 problems answered essentially correctly by at least one AI.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
Adverb
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There are limitations to the findings, but Theocheung believes they can be addressed when the current technology is leveraged appropriately.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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The final putt — two feet, 10 inches — was appropriately dramatic, teetering along the left edge before curling back into the cup.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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Regardless of the extent of Rose’s presence, fans are hoping for her and Peter to get a happy ending the way George Clooney’s ER return for Julianna Margulies’ final episode gave their characters Doug and Carol a happily ever after.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
12 June 2026
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One thing that has shifted since Sendak’s heyday, however, is our baseline of assumptions about how much kids are reading, or how well or how happily, or to what extent the culture that surrounds them is fundamentally hostile to reading.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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“Duly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duly. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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