justlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈdʒʌs(t)li/, U.S.

/ˈdʒəs(t)li/

Forms: see just adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: just adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < just adj. + -ly suffix². Compare justicely adv., justily adv.Compare classical Latin iūstē in accordance with the law, legitimately, in accordance with justice, rightfully, deservedly, with good reason, justifiably, uprightly, honourably, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French justement (a1176 in Old French).

1. With exactness, exactly, precisely, accurately.

a. Modifying a verb. Also: †so as to fit accurately, closely, tightly (obsolete). In later use, chiefly in negative contexts. Now chiefly regional.With quot. a1375 cf. quot. a1375 at justicely adv. 1, and also quot. a1375 at justily adv. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]

rightlyeOE

righteOE

evenOE

evenlya1225

redlyc1275

justicelya1375

justilya1375

justlya1375

redilya1375

trulya1375

properlya1382

precisec1392

preciselyc1392

truec1392

straitlya1395

leala1400

arightc1405

by linec1420

justlyc1425

featlya1450

rule-righta1450

to the letter?1495

exquisitely1526

evenliklya1530

very1530

absolutely1538

jump1539

just1568

accurately1581

punctually1581

jumplya1586

arights1596

just so1601

plumb1601

compassly1606

nicelya1616

squarely1626

justa1631

adequately1632

mathematicallya1638

critically1655

exquisitively1660

just1665

pointedly1667

faithfully1690

correctlya1704

jus1801

jest1815

jes1851

neat1875

cleanly1883

on the nose1883

smack-dab1892

spot on1920

forensically1974

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 751 Þat preui pleyng place..Ioyned wel iustly to meliors chamber.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 241 Þei fleked þam [sc. boats] ouerthuert, justely forto ligge, Ouer þewater smerte was so ordeyned a brigge.

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §29. 39 (heading) To knowe Iustly the 4 quarters of the world.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 592 Piers..Made his hors Al Redy, & his helm gan lasen ful Iostly.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. ccv/1 To knowe iustly wher the scottes were become, they sent forthe two squyers well horsed, and suche as knewe the countre, to se if they coulde here any tidynges of them.

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Diii^v The Proiecture..doth answer iustly with the thicknes of the pillor.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 449 The former part of this report agreeth iustly with that..touching Cathay.

1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xxxi. 150 Let them..justly fit the bore.

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 28 The Pillion cannot sit justly upon the Spine.

1764 D. E. Baker Compan. to Play-house II. at Sharper This Play was never acted,..nor do I know justly the Date of its Publication.

1829 J. Lawrence Horse Varieties & Uses xv. 84 A good nail would..justly fit and fill the piercing hole of the shoe.

1881 Potter's Amer. Monthly Sept. 212/1 ‘There were some,’ the old postmaster said... ‘I don't justly know how many.’

1902 H. W. Tompkins Highways Hertfordsh. v. 107 What did she die of? I don't justly know; doctor said as ther' was a cancer.

1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 71 I can't justly say.

2008 B. Decker You've got to be believed to be Heard (new ed.) iv. 67 Norville's sleek blond luster is justly matched by her intelligence and journalistic credibility.

b. Modifying an adverb, adjective, preposition, or noun phrase. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]

rightlyeOE

righteOE

evenOE

evenlya1225

redlyc1275

justicelya1375

justilya1375

justlya1375

redilya1375

trulya1375

properlya1382

precisec1392

preciselyc1392

truec1392

straitlya1395

leala1400

arightc1405

by linec1420

justlyc1425

featlya1450

rule-righta1450

to the letter?1495

exquisitely1526

evenliklya1530

very1530

absolutely1538

jump1539

just1568

accurately1581

punctually1581

jumplya1586

arights1596

just so1601

plumb1601

compassly1606

nicelya1616

squarely1626

justa1631

adequately1632

mathematicallya1638

critically1655

exquisitively1660

just1665

pointedly1667

faithfully1690

correctlya1704

jus1801

jest1815

jes1851

neat1875

cleanly1883

on the nose1883

smack-dab1892

spot on1920

forensically1974

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 939 (MED) He..callyd it [sc. a palace] þe noble Ylyovn, Þe siȝt of whiche, iustly circuler, By compas cast, rounde as any spere.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 10 Sho..Ioynet by Iason iustly to sit.

c1550 J. Bale Image Both Churches (new ed.) xxi. sig. Nn.i It is syx tymes so muche, which commeth to. ix. fote iustly.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 57 If the Cloud side-long sit..or iustly opposite To Sunne or Moone.

1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery i. iv. 150 The same Creed, or form of words, differing onely in order of placing them, but justly the same Articles and Foundation of faith.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §97 It could be brought justly horizontal by means of a pocket Spirit-Level.

1879 W. M. Wynch Olden Memories 52 He is an artist, who has power, To bring each perfect form to view, And paints our good and evil hour In colours that are justly true.

1903 A. S. Dewing Introd. Hist. Mod. Philos. i. 14 With the exception of a few such errors the popular conception of philosophy..is justly correct.

1907 Congress. Rec. 1 Mar. 4321/1 These emancipated negroes occupy justly the same attitude that those held who were captured from slave ships.

2. In religious language: in a way that is morally right or in accordance with religious principles; uprightly; righteously.In quot. 1997 with allusion to Micah 6:8.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adverb]

righteOE

righteouslyOE

justlyc1384

righteousa1400

uprightly1549

upright1601

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Titus ii. 12 That we..lyue sobreli, and iustli [L. iuste], and piteuously, in this world.

c1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Queen's Oxf.) (1850) Esther Prol. 636 God helpith hem that..lyuen iustli in the drede of him.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. i No thyng is so good as to lyue Iustly and at lyberte.

1529 S. Fish tr. H. Bomelius Summe Holye Script. iv. sig. D.i^v There is not a more certeyn signe of euerlasting helth then when a man lyveth iustly, and hath alway adversite: for that is it that god sendeth vs for oure sinnes and oure purgatory.

1611 Bible (King James) Micah vi. 8 What doeth the Lord require of thee, but to do iustly, and to loue mercy, and to walke humbly with thy God?

1732 J. Besse Def. Quakerism ii. 5 A Just Man then has somewhat of Union with Christ. He is taught to live justly by Christ.

1844 Gavel Oct. 35 How important to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God, making his law the rule of our practice.

1915 Messenger Sept. 160 It behooves us all to live justly in this life so we can be received in holiness in heaven.

1997 S. Telchin Abandoned ii. ix. 140 If there is a God,..our concept of doing justly and loving mercy and walking humbly with Him is what matters and all that He requires of us.

3. In accordance with justice, law, or fairness; with justice; lawfully; rightfully, rightly; deservedly.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > [adverb]

rightlyeOE

reasonablya1325

rightfullyc1325

leefullyc1340

justlyc1384

uprightly1549

conscionably1552

justicely1865

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adverb] > deservedly

righteouslya1382

worthilyc1405

condignlyc1450

meritorilyc1503

gradely?1521

deservedly1548

deservingly1552

deservably1593

desertfully1601

meritoriously1607

meritedly1638

justly1849

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xxiii. 41 Nethir thou dredist God, that thou art in the same dampnacioun? And treuly we iustly [L. iuste].

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 6686 Aftir his trespas & offencioun Iustly to make restitucioun.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 1222 Who bade yow do so..? Iustly vnto that ye shall me pryuy make.

1555 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xliv. 126 How few are they that can justly excuse themselves.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 31 Without any pretext or iudgement to whom of them the estate did iustly appertaine.

a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover v. iii. 162 in 3 New Playes (1655) There lives no Prince that justlier can Challenge the Princess favor.

1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 150. ⁋10 The old Gentleman was in some measure justly served for walking in Masquerade.

a1800 W. Cowper Life & Posthumous Writings (1803) I. 15 That I may fairly quit The debt, which justly became due.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 589 His eldest daughter was justly popular.

1917 Advocate of Peace May 139/1 All..who sincerely desire that America, declaring what it conceives to be a just war, shall wage that war justly and fairly.

1952 S. S. Miller One Bright Day 36 If you can prove that we're at fault, I'll see to it that you're justly treated.

2000 W. N. Renke in J. L. Turk Corporate Campus i. 34 Units that are successful are frequently justly successful.

4. In accordance with nature or with a required or agreed standard; naturally; correctly, well.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > fittingly or properly

welleOE

fairOE

meetlyOE

rightOE

worthlylOE

haghelyc1175

worthilyc1175

becomelyc1200

properly?c1225

i-semelichec1275

thriftilyc1374

duly1382

sittinglyc1390

justlyc1392

rightfula1400

goodlyc1400

hemelyc1400

meeta1450

statelya1450

ensuingly?1518

handsomely1525

worshipfully1532

decently1552

due1581

meeterly1589

fairly1600

beseemingly1611

dightly1616

becomingly1624

befittingly1638

fittinglya1643

condecently1656

c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 28 (MED) Ne write no names of signes..til þt thow hast proued þt thi comune centre defferent is treweli & justli set in direct of the closere of the signes of thin equatorie.

c1434 J. Drury Eng. Writings in Speculum (1934) 9 78 (MED) Þe harre tre mevyng rythly gouernyth iustly þe dore or þe ȝate.

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. To Rdr. Neither is mi wit so finelie filed..that I maie perform iustlie so learned a laboure.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 130 The Walkes are..so justly planted with limes, Elmes & other Trees.

1734 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 503/2 Justly proportion'd like the stars above.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 286 The tiger will more willingly attack any other animal..than one whose strength is so justly employed.

1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric II. xxx. 146 Our Author's second illustration, is taken from praise being the most disinterested act of homage. This he explains justly and elegantly.

1846 W. H. Seward Argument in Def. W. Freeman 2/1 A tower, if justly built, is ranged; that is, it is ranged by the plummet.

1922 T. E. Rankin & W. M. Aikin Amer. Lit. iii. 67 In serenity, in calm poise, and in a justly balanced optimism in his outlook upon life, [Washington] Irving was kindred to the Father of the American Republic.

2011 C. A. Gagnon Feravale xxi. 275 Like most men of his breed, he was very tall and justly proportioned.

5. In accordance with reason, truth, or reality; with good reason or truth; justifiably, properly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adverb]

with reasonc1300

skilfullyc1325

skillwiselya1340

skilfula1400

reasonablyc1400

of reason1405

in reasona1450

upon reasonc1450

reasonfully1532

justlya1538

rationablya1540

reasonally1567

reasonable1573

as soon (as)1579

rationally1610

to reason1613

rational1662

correctlya1704

rightly1703

upon the weight of1710

legitimately1794

well-foundedly?1841

tarblish1842

sanely1884

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > so as to match truth, exactly

rightlyeOE

rightOE

faithfullyc1425

preciselya1513

justlya1538

verbatim1566

strictly1602

exactly1662

correctlya1704

prezactly1835

sensu stricto1849

perzactly1850

'zackly1886

a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 52 (MED) The pleyinge of Ismael, that was the sone of the servant, with Isaac, that was the sone of the fre womman, was justly reprovyd.

c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) v. l. 539 This worde phagi..Is sayde of fedyng..Þerfore þis dai..Ye Iustely maye phagyphanye it call.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 33 Thes are the most general partys of thys polytyke body wych may justely be resemblyd..to thos chefe partys in mannys body.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 267 They retired in a close body and good array..so as they could not be justly said to flie.

1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants (1692) i. i. 3 This I justly fear and take to be our case.

1755 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 5) Postscript verso These, Physicians have justly termed edged Tools.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 510 James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable tools that he could employ.

1880 T. H. Huxley in Nature 4 Nov. 2/1 That the abyssal plains were ever all elevated, at once, is certainly so improbable that it may justly be termed inconceivable.

1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 38 The swoop of the collared sparrowhawk..has justly been likened to the flight of an arrow.

1987 ‘A. Burgess’ Little Wilson & Big God (U.K. ed.) iv. 277 The point the lecturer was, perhaps justly, making was that a democracy ought to look after its fighting men.

2001 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 21 Apr. a11/2 We are justly proud of the decline in crime.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	justly
释义	justlyadv. Brit. /ˈdʒʌs(t)li/, U.S. /ˈdʒəs(t)li/ Forms: see just adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: just adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < just adj. + -ly suffix². Compare justicely adv., justily adv.Compare classical Latin iūstē in accordance with the law, legitimately, in accordance with justice, rightfully, deservedly, with good reason, justifiably, uprightly, honourably, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French justement (a1176 in Old French). 1. With exactness, exactly, precisely, accurately. a. Modifying a verb. Also: †so as to fit accurately, closely, tightly (obsolete). In later use, chiefly in negative contexts. Now chiefly regional.With quot. a1375 cf. quot. a1375 at justicely adv. 1, and also quot. a1375 at justily adv. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 751 Þat preui pleyng place..Ioyned wel iustly to meliors chamber. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 241 Þei fleked þam [sc. boats] ouerthuert, justely forto ligge, Ouer þewater smerte was so ordeyned a brigge. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §29. 39 (heading) To knowe Iustly the 4 quarters of the world. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 592 Piers..Made his hors Al Redy, & his helm gan lasen ful Iostly. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. ccv/1 To knowe iustly wher the scottes were become, they sent forthe two squyers well horsed, and suche as knewe the countre, to se if they coulde here any tidynges of them. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Diii^v The Proiecture..doth answer iustly with the thicknes of the pillor. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 449 The former part of this report agreeth iustly with that..touching Cathay. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xxxi. 150 Let them..justly fit the bore. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 28 The Pillion cannot sit justly upon the Spine. 1764 D. E. Baker Compan. to Play-house II. at Sharper This Play was never acted,..nor do I know justly the Date of its Publication. 1829 J. Lawrence Horse Varieties & Uses xv. 84 A good nail would..justly fit and fill the piercing hole of the shoe. 1881 Potter's Amer. Monthly Sept. 212/1 ‘There were some,’ the old postmaster said... ‘I don't justly know how many.’ 1902 H. W. Tompkins Highways Hertfordsh. v. 107 What did she die of? I don't justly know; doctor said as ther' was a cancer. 1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 71 I can't justly say. 2008 B. Decker You've got to be believed to be Heard (new ed.) iv. 67 Norville's sleek blond luster is justly matched by her intelligence and journalistic credibility. b. Modifying an adverb, adjective, preposition, or noun phrase. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 939 (MED) He..callyd it [sc. a palace] þe noble Ylyovn, Þe siȝt of whiche, iustly circuler, By compas cast, rounde as any spere. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 10 Sho..Ioynet by Iason iustly to sit. c1550 J. Bale Image Both Churches (new ed.) xxi. sig. Nn.i It is syx tymes so muche, which commeth to. ix. fote iustly. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 57 If the Cloud side-long sit..or iustly opposite To Sunne or Moone. 1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery i. iv. 150 The same Creed, or form of words, differing onely in order of placing them, but justly the same Articles and Foundation of faith. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §97 It could be brought justly horizontal by means of a pocket Spirit-Level. 1879 W. M. Wynch Olden Memories 52 He is an artist, who has power, To bring each perfect form to view, And paints our good and evil hour In colours that are justly true. 1903 A. S. Dewing Introd. Hist. Mod. Philos. i. 14 With the exception of a few such errors the popular conception of philosophy..is justly correct. 1907 Congress. Rec. 1 Mar. 4321/1 These emancipated negroes occupy justly the same attitude that those held who were captured from slave ships. 2. In religious language: in a way that is morally right or in accordance with religious principles; uprightly; righteously.In quot. 1997 with allusion to Micah 6:8. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adverb] righteOE righteouslyOE justlyc1384 righteousa1400 uprightly1549 upright1601 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Titus ii. 12 That we..lyue sobreli, and iustli [L. iuste], and piteuously, in this world. c1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Queen's Oxf.) (1850) Esther Prol. 636 God helpith hem that..lyuen iustli in the drede of him. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. i No thyng is so good as to lyue Iustly and at lyberte. 1529 S. Fish tr. H. Bomelius Summe Holye Script. iv. sig. D.i^v There is not a more certeyn signe of euerlasting helth then when a man lyveth iustly, and hath alway adversite: for that is it that god sendeth vs for oure sinnes and oure purgatory. 1611 Bible (King James) Micah vi. 8 What doeth the Lord require of thee, but to do iustly, and to loue mercy, and to walke humbly with thy God? View more context for this quotation 1732 J. Besse Def. Quakerism ii. 5 A Just Man then has somewhat of Union with Christ. He is taught to live justly by Christ. 1844 Gavel Oct. 35 How important to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God, making his law the rule of our practice. 1915 Messenger Sept. 160 It behooves us all to live justly in this life so we can be received in holiness in heaven. 1997 S. Telchin Abandoned ii. ix. 140 If there is a God,..our concept of doing justly and loving mercy and walking humbly with Him is what matters and all that He requires of us. 3. In accordance with justice, law, or fairness; with justice; lawfully; rightfully, rightly; deservedly. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adverb] rightlyeOE reasonablya1325 rightfullyc1325 leefullyc1340 justlyc1384 uprightly1549 conscionably1552 justicely1865 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adverb] > deservedly righteouslya1382 worthilyc1405 condignlyc1450 meritorilyc1503 gradely?1521 deservedly1548 deservingly1552 deservably1593 desertfully1601 meritoriously1607 meritedly1638 justly1849 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xxiii. 41 Nethir thou dredist God, that thou art in the same dampnacioun? And treuly we iustly [L. iuste]. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 6686 Aftir his trespas & offencioun Iustly to make restitucioun. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 1222 Who bade yow do so..? Iustly vnto that ye shall me pryuy make. 1555 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xliv. 126 How few are they that can justly excuse themselves. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 31 Without any pretext or iudgement to whom of them the estate did iustly appertaine. a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover v. iii. 162 in 3 New Playes (1655) There lives no Prince that justlier can Challenge the Princess favor. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 150. ⁋10 The old Gentleman was in some measure justly served for walking in Masquerade. a1800 W. Cowper Life & Posthumous Writings (1803) I. 15 That I may fairly quit The debt, which justly became due. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 589 His eldest daughter was justly popular. 1917 Advocate of Peace May 139/1 All..who sincerely desire that America, declaring what it conceives to be a just war, shall wage that war justly and fairly. 1952 S. S. Miller One Bright Day 36 If you can prove that we're at fault, I'll see to it that you're justly treated. 2000 W. N. Renke in J. L. Turk Corporate Campus i. 34 Units that are successful are frequently justly successful. 4. In accordance with nature or with a required or agreed standard; naturally; correctly, well. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > fittingly or properly welleOE fairOE meetlyOE rightOE worthlylOE haghelyc1175 worthilyc1175 becomelyc1200 properly?c1225 i-semelichec1275 thriftilyc1374 duly1382 sittinglyc1390 justlyc1392 rightfula1400 goodlyc1400 hemelyc1400 meeta1450 statelya1450 ensuingly?1518 handsomely1525 worshipfully1532 decently1552 due1581 meeterly1589 fairly1600 beseemingly1611 dightly1616 becomingly1624 befittingly1638 fittinglya1643 condecently1656 c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 28 (MED) Ne write no names of signes..til þt thow hast proued þt thi comune centre defferent is treweli & justli set in direct of the closere of the signes of thin equatorie. c1434 J. Drury Eng. Writings in Speculum (1934) 9 78 (MED) Þe harre tre mevyng rythly gouernyth iustly þe dore or þe ȝate. 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. To Rdr. Neither is mi wit so finelie filed..that I maie perform iustlie so learned a laboure. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 130 The Walkes are..so justly planted with limes, Elmes & other Trees. 1734 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 503/2 Justly proportion'd like the stars above. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 286 The tiger will more willingly attack any other animal..than one whose strength is so justly employed. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric II. xxx. 146 Our Author's second illustration, is taken from praise being the most disinterested act of homage. This he explains justly and elegantly. 1846 W. H. Seward Argument in Def. W. Freeman 2/1 A tower, if justly built, is ranged; that is, it is ranged by the plummet. 1922 T. E. Rankin & W. M. Aikin Amer. Lit. iii. 67 In serenity, in calm poise, and in a justly balanced optimism in his outlook upon life, [Washington] Irving was kindred to the Father of the American Republic. 2011 C. A. Gagnon Feravale xxi. 275 Like most men of his breed, he was very tall and justly proportioned. 5. In accordance with reason, truth, or reality; with good reason or truth; justifiably, properly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adverb] with reasonc1300 skilfullyc1325 skillwiselya1340 skilfula1400 reasonablyc1400 of reason1405 in reasona1450 upon reasonc1450 reasonfully1532 justlya1538 rationablya1540 reasonally1567 reasonable1573 as soon (as)1579 rationally1610 to reason1613 rational1662 correctlya1704 rightly1703 upon the weight of1710 legitimately1794 well-foundedly?1841 tarblish1842 sanely1884 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > so as to match truth, exactly rightlyeOE rightOE faithfullyc1425 preciselya1513 justlya1538 verbatim1566 strictly1602 exactly1662 correctlya1704 prezactly1835 sensu stricto1849 perzactly1850 'zackly1886 a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 52 (MED) The pleyinge of Ismael, that was the sone of the servant, with Isaac, that was the sone of the fre womman, was justly reprovyd. c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) v. l. 539 This worde phagi..Is sayde of fedyng..Þerfore þis dai..Ye Iustely maye phagyphanye it call. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 33 Thes are the most general partys of thys polytyke body wych may justely be resemblyd..to thos chefe partys in mannys body. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 267 They retired in a close body and good array..so as they could not be justly said to flie. 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants (1692) i. i. 3 This I justly fear and take to be our case. 1755 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 5) Postscript verso These, Physicians have justly termed edged Tools. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 510 James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable tools that he could employ. 1880 T. H. Huxley in Nature 4 Nov. 2/1 That the abyssal plains were ever all elevated, at once, is certainly so improbable that it may justly be termed inconceivable. 1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 38 The swoop of the collared sparrowhawk..has justly been likened to the flight of an arrow. 1987 ‘A. Burgess’ Little Wilson & Big God (U.K. ed.) iv. 277 The point the lecturer was, perhaps justly, making was that a democracy ought to look after its fighting men. 2001 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 21 Apr. a11/2 We are justly proud of the decline in crime. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1375
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