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
Once the inside of the glass is duly coated with crème de violette, invert entirely to discard excess.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
We in the General Assembly, a co-equal branch of government duly elected to serve and represent our constituents’ needs, advanced legislation and appropriation decisions after deep thought and consideration.
—Nick Gauthier, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
Alcaraz duly escaped the adversity, but not without a time violation and a funny moment of tension when someone in the crowd returned a stray ball between the Spaniard’s first and second serves.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Huckabee also wrote Trump a message in recent days — which Trump duly published on social media — in which the ambassador suggested that Trump was positioned to act as a vehicle of divine will regarding Israel.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 June 2025
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
We in the General Assembly, a co-equal branch of government duly elected to serve and represent our constituents’ needs, advanced legislation and appropriation decisions after deep thought and consideration.
—Nick Gauthier, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
Alcaraz duly escaped the adversity, but not without a time violation and a funny moment of tension when someone in the crowd returned a stray ball between the Spaniard’s first and second serves.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Huckabee also wrote Trump a message in recent days — which Trump duly published on social media — in which the ambassador suggested that Trump was positioned to act as a vehicle of divine will regarding Israel.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 June 2025
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Adverb
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When properly integrated with electronic medical records (EMRs), these tools can surface HEDIS gaps as clinicians chart, close them in the moment and report them automatically.—
Zameer Rizvi,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Additionally, a warranty’s length of time is usually a good indicator of how long the manufacturer expects the machine to function properly.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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The answer, happily, was this warm, personal film about a Brooklyn family in the seventies led by Delroy Lindo and Alfre Woodard.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2025
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The Black Keys, happily on tour again, demonstrate the links between the blues, garage rock and modern indie rocks with their sharp and effective power chord solos.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Duly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duly. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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