Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In a proper manner.
- adverb At the expected time.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a due manner; when or as due; agreeably to obligation or propriety; exactly; fitly; properly.
- noun Same as
dulia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it (anything) ought to be; properly; regularly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
due ,fit , orbecoming manner; as it ought to be;properly . - adverb
Regularly ; at the propertime .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb at the proper time
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I know my Champs-Elysées: I have lived in the area half my life; and was in fact born about 100 metres off what the Paris Tourism office likes to call "the most beautiful avenue in the world", a tag duly picked up by the M&S advance publicity.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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Here the note-book was produced from under his pillow, and the English word duly written down.
An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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When Bombastês sees himself flouted, he goes mad, and hangs his boots on a tree, with this label duly displayed:
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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If a label duly recorded as aforesaid is assigned by an instrument in writing under seal, such assignment may be recorded.
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If a label duly recorded as aforesaid is assigned by an instrument in writing under seal, such assignment may be recorded.
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If a label duly recorded as aforesaid is assigned by an instrument in writing under seal, such assignment may be recorded.
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If a label duly recorded as aforesaid is assigned by an instrument in writing under seal, such assignment may be recorded.
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Mrs. Sartoris bowed assent; the introduction made, his name duly inscribed on the lady's tablets, and Captain Conyers exclaimed,
Belles and Ringers Hawley Smart
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Emeline had chosen for a girl, and Julia was the name duly given her by the radiant and ecstatic George in the very first hour of her life.
The Story of Julia Page Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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Although, therefore, the learned divine's monument, with his name duly inscribed, is to be seen at the east end of the churchyard at Aberfoyle, yet those acquainted with his real history do not believe that he enjoys the natural repose of the tomb.
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