justly, adv.
(ˈdʒʌstlɪ)
[f. just a. + -ly2.]
1. Uprightly; righteously. Obs. or arch.
| 1382 Wyclif Esther Prol., God helpith hem that..lyuen iustli in the drede of him. ― Titus ii. 12 That we.. lyue sobreli, and iustli, and piteuously in this world. 1484 Caxton Fables of æsop ii. i, No thyng is so good as to lyue Iustly and at lyberte. 1611 Bible 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? |
2. In accordance with justice or equity; with justice; rightfully, rightly; deservedly.
| 1382 Wyclif Luke xxiii. 40 Nethir thou dredist God, that thou art in the same dampnacioun? And treuly we iustly. c 1425 Lydg. Assembly of Gods 1222 Iustly vnto that ye shall me pryuy make. 1555 in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. xliv. 126 How few are they that can justly excuse themselves. 1600 E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 31 Without any pretext or iudgement to whom of them the estate did iustly appertaine. 1636 Massinger Bashf. Lover v. iii, There lives no prince that justlier can Challenge the princess' favour. 1711 Budgell Spect. No. 150 ¶10 The old Gentleman was in some measure justly served for walking in Masquerade. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 589 His eldest daughter was justly popular. |
3. With a proper use of reasoning or of language; with good reason or truth; rightly, properly.
| 14.. Ephyphanye in Tundale's Vis. 120 Therfor..Ye may justly Phagyphanye hit call. 1538 Starkey England i. ii. 49 Thes are the most general partys of thys polytyke body, wych may justely be resemblyd..to thos chefe partys in mannys body. 1617 Moryson Itin. iii. 267 They retired in a close body and good array..so as they could not be justly said to flie. 1679 Penn Addr. Prot. i. i. (1692) 3 This I justly fear and take to be our case. 1747 Wesley Prim. Physick (1762) p. xxv, These Physicians have justly termed edged Tools. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 510 James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable tools that he could employ. |
† 4. In the way which the nature and purpose of a thing makes right; properly, rightly, correctly.
| 1551 Recorde Pathw. Knowl. To Rdr., Neither is mi wit so finelie filed..that I maie perform iustlie so learned a laboure. 1644 Evelyn Diary Apr., The walkes are..so justly planted with limes, elms, and other trees. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) IV. 286 The tiger will more willingly attack any other animal..than one whose strength is so justly employed. |
5. With exactness, exactly, precisely, accurately; with accurate fitting, closely. Obs. exc. dial.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 241 Þei fleked þam ouer⁓thuert, justely forto ligge. c 1350 Will. Palerne 751 Þat preui pleyng place..Ioyned wel iustly to meliors chamber. c 1391 Chaucer Astrol. ii. §29 To knowe Iustly the 4 quarters of the world. c 1450 Lonelich Grail lii. 592 Piers..Made his hors Al Redy, & his helm gan lasen ful Iostly. 1563 Shute Archit. D iij b, The Proiecture..doth answer iustly with the thicknes of the pillor. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 449 The former part of this report agreeth iustly with that..touching Cathay. 1692 Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. ii. xxxi. 143 Let them..justly fit the bore. 1737 Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 28 The Pillion cannot sit justly upon the Spine. Mod. dial. I doänt justly know when my father died. |
b. qualifying an adv., adj., or prep. = Exactly.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 512 Sho..Ioynet by Iason iustly to sit. a 1563 Bale Sel. Wks. (Parker Soc.) 602 It is six times so much, which cometh to nine foot justly. 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. 784 If the Cloud side-long sit..or justly opposite To Sun and Moon. 1793 Smeaton Edystone L. §97 It could be brought justly horizontal by means of a pocket Spirit-Level. |