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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
duly
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
appear
▪ Appleyard's article duly appeared on 3 September, the day of the first preview.
▪ He duly appeared before three or four venerable gentlemen who lectured him on how to behave in the Far East.
arrive
▪ I duly arrived at 9.30 am.
elect
▪ I was duly elected without a vote being needed, on to the Standing Committee, as were five other people.
▪ In our democracy, the making of public policy is usually reserved for duly elected legislative bodies.
▪ Nevertheless, William was duly elected to membership in his own right in 1765.
▪ Mr R. Newcombe was duly elected to serve in this office for the ensuing year.
▪ The New York Times standard would apply to any teacher or student serving as a duly elected public official.
note
▪ It duly noted that extra money would not necessarily buy better health.
▪ The facilitator duly notes each comment, then asks your group to process and synthesize what you have heard.
▪ He had duly noted the abundant tropical plants in the foyer and the carpeted floor in the office corridor.
▪ Nor was it too friendly, a fact duly noted by the flag-waving touch judge.
report
▪ The inspectors duly reported that 100 % of parents / pupils / teachers did this, while 0 % did the other.
sign
▪ I enclose the official byelaw in respect of Nether Wyresdale duly signed by myself on behalf of the Parish Council as instructed.
take
▪ And Rovers duly took the lead after eight minutes.
▪ After Miller left for Paisley, Tommy McLean duly took them up.
▪ The following month the insurer was duly taken over.
win
▪ As predicted, the Republican contest was duly won by Bush, whilst Harkin massively outscored his Democratic rivals.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The gift was duly noted by the Secretary of State in his annual financial disclosure form.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He had duly entered the army from school, and seemed to enjoy the life.
▪ Jane departed in floods of tears and Rosemary duly arrived, in a very bad temper.
▪ The culprit, Achan, is duly found, with the treasure buried beneath his tent.
▪ The ferryman was Charon and those he would not admit to his boat were the unfortunates who had not been duly buried.
▪ This was duly reflected in the jade inventory.
▪ Three burly workmen duly arrived, complete with truck and mini-crane, to hoist the heavy bins into position.
▪ Whenever the laws of any state are broken, a duly authorized organization swings into action.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Duly

Duly \Du"ly\, adv. In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it (anything) ought to be; properly; regularly.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
duly

late 14c., duweliche "rightly, properly," from dewe "due" (see due) + -liche (see -ly (2)).

Wiktionary
duly

adv. In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; properly.

WordNet
duly

adv. at the proper time; "she was duly apprised of the raise" [syn: punctually]

Wikipedia
Duły

Duły is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olecko, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Olecko and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945, the area was part of Germany ( East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

Usage examples of "duly".

These and sundry other sins having duly been confessed, the badger bade the fox chastise himself with a switch plucked from the hedge, lay it down in the road, jump over it thrice, and then meekly kiss that rod in token of obedience.

If, therefore, with a view to violate such blockade, a vessel shall approach or shall attempt to leave either of the said ports, she will be duly warned by the commander of one of the blockading vessels, who will indorse on her register the fact and date of such warning, and if the same vessel shall again attempt to enter or leave the blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port, for such proceedings against her and her cargo, as prize, as may be deemed advisable.

My times were duly recorded by a kid called Boetie Van der Merwe, who was known in the Nazi Party as Stormtrooper, Timekeeper and Tallyman.

On the Tuesday morning I was duly informed that breakfast was ready, but as I did not answer the summons quickly enough the servant came up again, and told me that my wife requested me to make haste.

Therefore, I shall not only need to see her, but to see to it that she is christened in the religion of our native land by my cousin, who is a duly qualified representative of our faith.

June Forsyte notwithstanding coverture shall by her last Will and Testament or any writing or writings in the nature of a Will testament or testamentary disposition to be by her duly made signed and published direct appoint or make over give and dispose of the same And in default etc.

He went further than he had looked for, ere he found a prey to his mind, and then he smote a roe with a shaft and slew her, and broke up the carcase and dight it duly, and so went his ways back.

Then, as expected, he said he hoped we would satisfy the Dogana that the proper share of all our successful enterprises had been duly paid into the coffers of the Republic.

Stockton, but as he had secured a plurality he was duly elected according to the rule adopted by the joint convention.

State of Tennessee is hereby restored to her former, proper, practical relations to the Union, and is again entitled to be represented in Congress by senators and representatives duly elected and qualified, upon their taking the oaths of office required by existing laws.

In the works even of those mystics who efface the limits between things human and divine, who put Judaism, Christianity, and Paganism on the same line with the revelation of Mohammed, and who are therefore duly anathematized by the whole orthodox world, almost every page testifies to the relation of the ideas enounced with Mohammedan civilization.

Divine power was as infinite as human expectation, and the Egyptian, duly ensepulchred in the Lybian Catacombs, was supposed to be already on his way to the Fortunate Abodes under the guidance of Hermes, there to obtain a perfect association and reunion with his God.

The Ephors acting in their capacity as Protectors of the Citizens have requested the Ultimate Decree, authorizing the Kings to take all necessary actions to safeguard the State, and it has been duly moved and seconded.

Whereas, for the reasons assigned in my proclamation of the nineteenth instant, a blockade of the ports of the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas was ordered to be established: And whereas, since that date, public property of the United States has been seized, the collection of the revenue obstructed, and duly commissioned officers of the United States, while engaged in executing the orders of their superiors, have been arrested and held in custody as prisoners, or have been impeded in the discharge of their official duties, without due legal process, by persons claiming to act under authorities of the States of Virginia and North Carolina: An efficient blockade of the ports of those States will also be established In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

The dexterous black, who carried a long-shanked, narrow axe, quickly sliced from an adjacent gum-tree some pieces of bark, which formed extempore plates and dishes, and some steaks of young beef being duly broiled, aided by one of the dampers, which formed part of our provisions, we made, with the relish of hunger, a satisfactory repast.