Duly

Definition: Duly

Duly

Adverb

1. At the proper time; "she was duly apprised of the raise".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "duly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonym: Duly

Dueness

Adverb: duly, ex officio, de jure; by right, by divine right; jure divino, Dei gratia, in the name of.

Crosswords: Duly

Well, your objections have been duly noted and summarily overruled (Hollow Man; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson; Andrew W. Marlowe)

As a duly designated representative of the City, County and State of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activities and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension (Ghost Busters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)

That's duly noted, thank you Jack (Apollo 13; writing credit: Jim Lovell; Jeffrey Kluger)

Whenever the laws of any state are broken, a duly authorized organization swings into action (Highway Patrol; writing credit: Richard L. Adams; Ed Adamson)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

City of New York. Mordecai M. Noah, of No. 57, Franklin-Street, being duly sworn . . . Credit: Library of Congress.

The story of the glove : duly signed and sealed -- by a glove. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

And because it may be too great a temptation to human frailty, apt to grasp at power, for the same persons, who have the power of making laws, to have also in their hands the power to execute them, whereby they may exempt themselves from obedience to the laws they make, and suit the law, both in its making, and execution, to their own private advantage, and thereby come to have a distinct interest from the rest of the community, contrary to the end of society and government: therefore in well ordered commonwealths, where the good of the whole is so con sidered, as it ought, the legislative power is put into the hands of divers persons, who duly assembled, have by themselves, or jointly with others, a power to make laws, which when they have done, being separated again, they are themselves subject to the laws they have made; which is a new and near tie upon them, to take care, that they make them for the public good. (Second Treatise of Government)

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. (reference)

A constitution for the Free City of Danzig shall be drawn up by the duly appointed representatives of the Free City in agreement with a High Commissioner to be appointed by the League of Nations. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Her pardon was duly begged at the close of the song, and every thing usual followed

He turned, and was duly presented to my Lady

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Business

All intra-GCC shipments claiming this exemption must be accompanied by a duly authenticated certificate of origin. (references)

Foreign firms without a local agent duly registered with the Abu Dhabi or Dubai Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Economy and Commerce are not allowed to bid on government tenders. (references)

Saudi commercial regulations stipulate that foreign companies interested in doing business in Saudi Arabia must conduct their activities through an authorized Saudi representative/agent who should have a duly registered company with the various Saudi government agencies. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kenya

Organizers must notify the local police in advance of planned public meetings; however, authorities continued to disrupt public demonstrations about which the police had been duly informed in advance. (references)

Burma

And provided that the enjoyment of any such freedom does not offend the laws or the public interest." Most adherents of all religions duly registered with the authorities generally are free to worship as they chose; however, the Government imposed restrictions on certain religious activities and frequently abused the right to religious freedom. (references)

Economic History

Romania

Under the law, a secured claim originating in a foreign country is valid in Romania provided that is duly recorded. (references)

Political Economy

TUNISIA

Tunisia's patent and trademark laws are designed to protect only duly registered owners. (references)

Croatia

Croatia has duly supported the policies and activities of the international community in Bosnia and Hercegovina. (references)

Japan

On April 24, 2001 Junichiro Koizumi, a 10-term Diet member from a suburb of Tokyo, rode a tidal wave of public support to the Presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Since the LDP is the leading member of the three party coalition that rules Japan, two days later Japan's Diet duly elected Mr. Koizumi as the nation's new Prime Minister. (references)

Political Rights

Singapore

In the 1999 presidential election, only the Government's candidate was ruled in compliance with all the legal requirements; therefore in accordance with the law, actual voting was canceled, and S.R. Nathan was declared the duly elected President. (references)

Trade

Croatia

The Law on Trade permits all legal persons, duly registered in accordance with the Law on Companies, to engage in export and import activities. (references)

Spain

They are regulated by Royal Decree 928/1987, dated June 5, 1987. Manufacturers' trademarks, duly registered, are permitted on textile products. (references)

Worker Rights

Guatemala

According to a November 2000 study by the Association for Research and Social Studies, only 10 percent of workers have a contract duly registered with the Labor Ministry as required by law. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "duly": duly qualified. Additional references.

Beginning with "duly": duly-authorised, duly-made.

Albanian

sipas rregullit, siç duhet (done, in order, in turn, properly, worthily), sa duhet, në kohë (in the nick of time, in time, prompt, seasonable, timely), mjaftueshëm (enough, passably), kur duhet. (various references)

Arabic 

‏في حينه (seasonably, timely), ‏كما ينبغي (properly), ‏على نحو واف. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съответно (according, accordingly, agreeably, respectively, suitably), както подобава, навреме (betimes, in time, on schedule, on time, punctually), надлежно. (various references)

Chinese 

适�"地 (Appropriately, Properly, suitably). (various references)

Czech

vèas (in time, on time), správnì (all right, aright, by rights, correctly, precisely, properly, right, rightly). (various references)

Danish

den behoerigt indstaevnte part (the defending party having been duly summoned), vidne,der er lovligt indkaldt (witness who has been duly summoned), sidste behørigt vedtagne budget (last budget duly adopted), sagsøgt,som er lovligt indstævnt (defendant on whom an application initiating proceedings has been duly served), lovligt konstateret udeblivelse (duly recognized default), forskriftsmæssig forkyndelse (legality of notification, service duly effected). (various references)

Dutch

de gedaagde partij,regelmatig in het geding geroepen (the defending party having been duly summoned), wettig geconstateerd verstek (duly recognized default), verwerende partij die regelmatig in het geding is geroepen (defendant on whom an application initiating proceedings has been duly served), regelmatige betekening (service duly effected), laatste op regelmatige wijze vastgestelde begroting (last budget duly adopted), behoorlijk opgeroepen getuige (witness who has been duly summoned). (various references)

Farsi 

حسب المقرر, حسب الوظیفه , بموقع خود, بقدرلازم . (various references)

Finnish

asianmukaisesti (in due form). (various references)

French

dûment. (various references)

German

ordnungsmäßig. (various references)

Greek 

δεόντωσ (properly), δεόντως. (various references)

Hebrew 

כ�"ו�'ן (correctly, fairly, properly, suitably, well), כ�"ין, כראוי (as should be, to a turn, well, worthily), בזמן (on time), בזמ� ו (in his day). (various references)

Hungarian

pontosan (accurately, dead on, definitely, due, even as, exactly, fine, in due course, just, minutely, nicely, on the beam, on the dot, on the minute, on the nose, on time, precisely, prompt, regularly, right, scrupulously, smack in the middle, strictly, that's just it, to spell out, to take key ranges, to the turn of a hair, true), megfelelően (accordingly, aptly, fitly, fittingly, on the beam), illően (fitly, properly), helyesen (aright, correctly, fair, on the beam, properly, rightly, sensibly, true, well). (various references)

Indonesian

sepatutnya. (various references)

Italian

debitamente, puntualmente (promptly). (various references)

Korean 

만기가 되. (various references)

Manx

myr s'cair, dy cooie (decent, properly), ayns traa (timely). (various references)

Pig Latin

ulyday.(various references)

Portuguese

devidamente (correctly, properly, rightly). (various references)

Romanian

suficient (adequate, adequately, ample, conceited, enough, satisfactory, sufficient, sufficiently), potrivit (according, according to, adequate, ample, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, assorted, average, becoming, befitting, commensurate, condign, congenial, congruous, conservative, correct, corresponding, decorous, due, eligible, felicitous, fit, fitting, in point, likely, middling, moderate, moderately, opportune, Pat, proper, pursuant to, right, seemly, suitable, suited, to), la timp (apropos, in good time), cum trebuie (in the proper way, meetly, properly, right, well), cum se cuvine (properly, rightly). (various references)

Russian 

в должное время, надлежащим образом (in order), должным образом (rightly, suitably). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

propisno (normally, properly, regularly), pravilno (aright, normally, regularly, right, well). (various references)

Spanish

debidamente (due, justly, properly, rightly). (various references)

Swedish

vederbörligen. (various references)

Thai

อย่างเหมาะสม (opportunely, right, suitably), ตามเวลาที่คา�"ไว้. (various references)

Turkish

zamanında (in time, on the stroke, on time, seasonably), hakkıyla, gereken şekilde, beklendiği gibi. (various references)

Ukrainian

цілком (absolutely, all, all in all, all of, all out, altogether, at all, bodily, broad, clean, clear, completely, en bloc, entirely, fairly, full, fully, hollow, nicely, outright, perfectly, pure, purely, quite, richly, soundly, thoroughly, well, wholly), в належний час, правильно (accurately, alright, aright, correctly, normally, o.k., ok, okay, okey, properly, regular, regularly, right, right on, rightly, straight, that's right). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thích đáng (adequate, apposite, appropriate, aptly, due, pertinent, proper), chính đáng đủ đúng giờ, đúng lúc (apposite, apropos, betimes, seasonable, timely, well-timed), đúng dắn (exact). (various references)

honorifice, rite. (various references)

apointer. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "duly": unduly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Duly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: culy, dalby, daly, Ddwli, delie, delly, Delpy, dhl, Dily, Dlugy, dlum, Dly, dolh, doli, dolie, dolv, Dolvy, doly, douay, dovy, dply, dualy, duay, Duby, dudly, dudy, duelly, duely, dugy, dul, dula, dulay, Dulcy, duld, duley, duli, dulin, dulk, dulm, dult, Dulyn, dumy, Dumycz, Dunley, dury, Duul, Duvy, duy, Dyli, Kuly, muly, Odulf, tuly, Udl, udly, Udry, Udy, uly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+1 letter: dully, yauld.

+2 letters: cloudy, cuddly, doubly, dourly, drumly, dually, dumbly, kludgy, loudly, mouldy, muddly, nudely, puddly, rudely, sludgy, studly, unduly.

+3 letters: adultly, audibly, buirdly, crudely, doucely, duality, ducally, dulcify, dumpily, duopoly, durably, duskily, dustily, fluidly, gaudily, humidly, ladybug, laundry, lucidly, luridly, muddily, mutedly, proudly, pudgily, roundly, ruddily, soundly, tumidly, ungodly.

+4 letters: absurdly, adultery, amusedly, amygdule, bouldery, caudally, cloudily, cursedly, curvedly, cussedly, dactylus, delusory, demurely, deucedly, devoutly, dudishly, dulcetly, euploidy, feudally, fluidity, haulyard, huntedly, hushedly, jocundly, ladybugs, laudably, liquidly, lucidity, odiously, outyield, putridly, rotundly, ruggedly, secundly, sedulity, smudgily, stupidly, sturdily, suddenly, turbidly, turgidly, ultradry, unbloody, uncloyed, underlay, unitedly, unkindly, unplayed, untidily, unwieldy, upwardly, yuletide.