justly

justly

English

Etymology

From just +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌstli/

Adverb

justly (comparative justlier or more justly, superlative justliest or most justly)

1. In a just or fair manner; rightfully.
   • 1890, Robert Franklin Pennell, History of Rome:

     His valor, wisdom, and justice made him justly popular, but caused him to be regarded with suspicion at Rome.

2. With a just or fair use of language; with good reason, properly.
   • 2012, Jay Newton-Small, ‘Gangless in Glasgow’, Time, 1 Oct 2011:

     But the city on the River Clyde can justly claim to have turned the tide.

3. (obsolete) With great precision; accurately, exactly.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 14, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires.

Translations

In a just or fair manner

Arabic: مِن اَلْعَدْل‎ (ar) (min al-ʿadl), بِالْعَدْل‎ (ar) (bi-l-ʿadl) Catalan: justament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 公正地 (zh) (gōngzhèng de) Czech: spravedlivě Finnish: oikeutetusti (fi), syystä, aiheellisesti French: justement (fr) Galician: xustamente

German: gerecht (de) Italian: giustamente (it) Japanese: 公正に (ja) (こうせいに, kōsei ni) Portuguese: justamente (pt) Romanian: în mod corect, pe bună dreptate Russian: справедли́во (ru) (spravedlívo) Spanish: justamente (es), con razón (es)