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Antonyms for justly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : juhst-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒʌst li



Definition of justly

Origin :
  • early 14c., "in an adjacent position, closely," from just (adj.) + -ly (2). Meanings "truthfully, honestly," "in an equitable manner, with justice, fairly" are from late 14c. Sense of "justifiably, with good reason" is from c.1400; that of "legally, legitimately, rightfully" is early 15c.
  • adv fairly
Example sentences :
  • She justly remarks that, since I saw it last, it is all spoiled into a great big cat.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • No one justly may deny the equality of opportunity which made us what we are.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Now, I can relieve your mind from part of the load by which it has been justly oppressed.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Therefore your lives are justly forfeit, and none would blame us if we slew you.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • This, they think, (and justly think,) must fill me with doubts.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • You are confronted with this man, you monster there; not to be spared, but to be dealt with justly.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Where the pretension is higher, the test may justly be more severe.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • Character, as you justly observe, cannot utterly change in a few months.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • He only who denies or ignores them can justly be stigmatised as an atheist.
  • Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
  • I do not think that this charge can be justly brought against America.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for justly

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