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" A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury."
John Stuart Mill

Meaning of "justly" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF JUSTLY

ˈdʒʌstlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JUSTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Justly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES JUSTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Justice

Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, equity and fairness.

Definition of justly in the English dictionary

The definition of justly in the dictionary is you use justly to show that you approve of sb's attitude towards sth, because it seems to be based on truth or reality. Other definition of justly is lawfully.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JUSTLY

augustly · beastly · chastely · costly · earnestly · fastly · firstly · ghastly · ghostly · honestly · lastly · manifestly · modestly · mostly · Priestley · priestly · robustly · steadfastly · unjustly · vastly

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JUSTLY

justiciary · justifiability · justifiable · justifiable homicide · justifiableness · justifiably · justification · justification by faith · justificative · justificatory · justified · justifier · justifies · justify · Justin Martyr · Justinian Code · Justinian I · Justinian II · justle · justness

WORDS THAT END LIKE JUSTLY

bristly · Christly · confestly · gristly · hostly · immodestly · moistly · overmodestly · soothfastly · stedfastly · thistly · uncostly · unghostly · unpriestly · unsteadfastly · wistly

Synonyms and antonyms of justly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «JUSTLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «justly» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «justly» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF JUSTLY

Find out the translation of justly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of justly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «justly» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

理所应当地
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

justamente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

justly
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

उचित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالعدل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

справедливо
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

com razão
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

যথাযথরূপে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

justement
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Adil
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

zu Recht
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

正当に
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

합당하게
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Adil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

minh
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வெறுமனே
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

न्याय्य
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

adilce
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

giustamente
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

sprawiedliwie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

справедливо
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

pe bună dreptate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δίκαια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

regverdig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rättvist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of justly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JUSTLY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of justly
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «justly».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about justly

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «JUSTLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word justly.
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Louis D. Brandeis
Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.
2
Andrew Carnegie
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
3
John Drinkwater
It is commonly asserted and accepted that Paradise Lost is among the two or three greatest English poems; it may justly be taken as the type of supreme poetic achievement in our literature.
4
Epicurus
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
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Edward Everett
I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and admiration to the memory of those who nobly sacrifice their lives, that their fellow-men may live in safety and in honor.
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James P. Hoffa
Workers want to be paid an honest, fair wage for the work they do. They want to be able to provide for their families by being justly compensated for their part in helping grow the U.S. economy. They deserve to be able to put food on the table and receive health care and other benefits.
7
Lawrence G. Lovasik
Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them.
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John Stuart Mill
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
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Earl Nightingale
We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.
10
William Penn
A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUSTLY»

Discover the use of justly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to justly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Changing Unjust Laws Justly: Pro-Life Solidarity with "The ...
Changing Unjust Laws Justly is the first book to address systematically the practical, legal, and ethical problems that are encountered in well-intentioned attempts to restrict abortion.
Colin Harte, 2005
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The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the ...
A whimsical treasury of biographical profiles of famous and lesser-known individuals now dead includes hundreds of entries that reveal embarrassing-but-true details typically omitted by official biographers.
John Mitchinson, John Lloyd, 2010
3
To Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly: An Agenda for ...
In this book, an Old Testament scholar, a psychologist and a religious educator come together to reflect on the three elements of Micah 6:8.
Walter Brueggemann, Sharon Parks, Thomas H. Groome, 1997
4
To Act Justly: Introducing Catholic Social Teaching to ...
The stories themselves will introduce children to real people who are role models because they strive to live justly. Most of the stories are contemporary. Suggestions for discussion follow. As these themes are often found in children's literature, ...
Anne E. Neuberger, 2002
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The Doctrines of Epicurus - Annotated
And the man who does not possess the pleasant life is not living prudently and honorably and justly, [and the man who does not possess the virtuous life] cannot possibly live pleasantly. Yonge: It is not possible to live pleasantly without living ...
Cassius Amicus, 2011
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Marketing to the Impoverished: Developing a Model for ...
Although the IJM is normative in nature, the key elements are connected to real-world examples, thereby, providing organizations that market to the poor, practical benchmarks for conducting their business operations with fairness and equity ...
Nicholas J. C. Santos, 2009
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Theories of Justice
Hobbes, and Hume, in which justice is regarded as a higher-order game, or ( more felicitously) a set of rules for playing all future games, might seem to imply that there is no reason for behaving justly where the circumstances of justice do not ...
Brian Barry, 1989
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William of Ockham: 'A Letter to the Friars Minor' and Other ...
They say that when it is taken [as a premise] that "someone to whom a licence ( namely a licence that is not a right) has been granted to use something uses it either justly, or unjustly, or neither justly nor unjustly," they say that if "justly" is taken ...
William (of Ockham), Arthur Stephen McGrade, John Kilcullen, 1995
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Readings from Classical Rhetoric
For if to have done rightly or justly may be predicated of one, then to have suffered similarly may be predicated of the other; there is the same relation between having ordered and having carried out, as Diomedon the tax-gatherer said about ...
Patricia P. Matsen, Philip B. Rollinson, Marion Sousa, 1990
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A Practical Essay on a Cement and Artificial Stone, Justly ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Antoine-Joseph Loriot, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUSTLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term justly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Court's reasoning in Obamacare case should concern everyone
... accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands ...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.". «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Royal Agricultural University tops the graduate employability charts …
The Royal Agricultural University is known, nationally and internationally, for good student employability – and this reputation justly continues. The applied ... «Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, Jul 15»
3
Gawker's gutter journalism - and worries about freedom of speech
He is not a morals campaigner, or an anti-gay campaigner, or a person who could justly be accused of public hypocrisy if the allegations turned ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
4
Mugabe admits land reform disaster, MDC-T - New Zimbabwe.com
... always argued that land reform should be completely de-racialised and that the distribution of land should be done fairly, justly and equitably. «New Zimbabwe.com, Jul 15»
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C/River Gov Slams FG, UN For Ceding Bakassi To Cameroon …
The governor noted that the ceding of the peninsular was done with¬out a plebiscite, thus un¬justly depriving the people of their ancestral ... «Information Nigeria, Jul 15»
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20 Q with Justice Allan Wachowich, former chief justice of the Court …
(He) ask of you but to act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with your God” Micah 6:8. Or “Maturity is the ability to live with injustice, ... «Edmonton Sun, Jul 15»
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Hillary Clinton Has An Office - Huffington Post
This was, justly, a moment of marginal embarrassment for the Clinton campaign, as it reinforced an already existing meme about Clinton as a ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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In Go Set a Watchman, the legal debate that racked America's …
Meanwhile, the conservative traditionalist using legal arguments to cling to the past is justly forgotten. That likely explains why a number of ... «The Conversation US, Jul 15»
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Ta-Nehisi Coates's 'Visceral' Take on Being Black in America - The …
He summed up their outlook: “It is the right for me to walk through my life as though everything I have was justly garnered, to think that I am the ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Matt Driscoll: Time to pull the plug on proposed Pierce County …
For a county government accused (justly or unjustly) of having little concern for the will of the people when it comes to this project, proceeding ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
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