justly

comparative justlier · comparative more justly · superlative justliest · superlative most justly

1. In a just or fair manner; rightfully.

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

   1890, Robert Franklin Pennell, History of Rome

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   Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes and other exhibits.

   1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 460

   Synonyms: deservedly

2. With a just or fair use of language; with good reason, properly.

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

   2012, Jay Newton-Small, ‘Gangless in Glasgow’, Time, 1 Oct 2011

3. obsoleteWith great precision; accurately, exactly.

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

   1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 14, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC