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
- 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
- accurately
- befittingly
- beneficently
- benevolently
- benignly
- candidly
- charitably
- correctly
- decently
- decorously
- duly
- duteously
- dutifully
- equally
- equitably
- evenhandedly
- fitly
- fittingly
- frankly
- helpfully
- honestly
- honorably
- impartially
- lawfully
- legally
- legitimately
- moderately
- nicely
- piously
- properly
- reasonably
- respectably
- righteously
- rightfully
- rightly
- straightforwardly
- temperately
- tolerantly
- unreservedly
- uprightly
- virtuously
- well
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