Duly
adverb
In a correct, expected and appropriate manner.
He was duly rewarded for his bravery.
Often appears as...
- duly noted
- duly elected
adverb
In a correct, expected and appropriate manner.
He was duly rewarded for his bravery.
Often appears as...
- duly noted
- duly elected
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Pro Tip 1/3Expected Outcome
Use 'duly' when an action or event is the natural result of a situation or previous action.
After completing his training, he was duly certified as a pilot.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Acknowledgment
'Duly' is often used when formally recognizing someone's statement or action, indicating that it has been noted.
Your complaints have been duly recorded in our system.
Pro Tip 3/3Legitimate Process
It emphasizes that something was done following proper rules or procedures, often in legal or official contexts.
The documents were duly signed and notarized.
Pro Tip 1/3Expected Outcome
Use 'duly' when an action or event is the natural result of a situation or previous action.
After completing his training, he was duly certified as a pilot.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Acknowledgment
'Duly' is often used when formally recognizing someone's statement or action, indicating that it has been noted.
Your complaints have been duly recorded in our system.
Pro Tip 3/3Legitimate Process
It emphasizes that something was done following proper rules or procedures, often in legal or official contexts.
The documents were duly signed and notarized.
Pro Tip 1/3Expected Outcome
Use 'duly' when an action or event is the natural result of a situation or previous action.
After completing his training, he was duly certified as a pilot.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Acknowledgment
'Duly' is often used when formally recognizing someone's statement or action, indicating that it has been noted.
Your complaints have been duly recorded in our system.
Pro Tip 3/3Legitimate Process
It emphasizes that something was done following proper rules or procedures, often in legal or official contexts.
The documents were duly signed and notarized.
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Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
attention he can hear it from quiet away away and then maybe move into this area so I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case if we could attract attention of many others you know where Hosanna is at the moment there's kind of a fringe area this could be a place where we could get should duly arriving we could get Tandy
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Conserving our...
By conserving many different areas, scientists ensure that lots of different habitats get protected. This way, they can make sure all the different marine habitats in Fiji, such as coral reefs, mangroves, and sea-grass beds, are all represented. This way, we don't unduly settle any particular village or group of people
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Rufus Griscom and Alisa...
is because we think of love as a binary thing. You're either in love, or you're not in love. You love, or you don't love. And I think the reality is that love is a process, and I think the problem with thinking of love as something that's binary is that it causes us to be unduly concerned
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Inside your computer -...
for how to deal with this mouse click, so it looks up the address for the mouse program and sends a request to the memory subsystem for instructions stored there. Each instruction in the mouse device driver is duly fetched and executed. And that's not nearly the end of the story!
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The voices in my head PIPE...
and the fact that I did meant that something was very seriously wrong. Such fear and mistrust was infectious. Suddenly the voice didn't seem quite so benign anymore, and when she insisted that I seek medical attention, I duly complied, and which proved to be mistake number two.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
and so that's the traditional way that this has played itself out I have some hope however that that might not be and if there's a moment where you can make some change of some difference perhaps this is it I don't want to be cynical or skeptical unduly skeptical and I think
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Man Fights Nazi Plunder...
written statement the museum asserts that it's the legitimate owner of the work and that mr. casseras request has no legal foundation under Spanish law further the museum contends that the casera family was duly compensated for their loss by
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Man Fights Nazi Plunder...
statement the museum asserts that it's the legitimate owner of the work and that mr. casseras request has no legal foundation under Spanish law further the museum contends that the Kucera family was duly compensated for their loss by
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How I climbed a...
"You're hiking barefoot? That's so hard-core." I didn't bother to explain, but that night in my climbing journal, I duly noted my free solo of Half Dome,
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Passing Obama’s Stimulus...
And she lit up and showed some real interest. On this vote, the yeas are 61. The nays are 36. 3/5 of the senators duly chosen and sworn
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Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
attention he can hear it from quiet away away and then maybe move into this area so I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case if we could attract attention of many others you know where Hosanna is at the moment there's kind of a fringe area this could be a place where we could get should duly arriving we could get Tandy
Video examples
Conserving our...
By conserving many different areas, scientists ensure that lots of different habitats get protected. This way, they can make sure all the different marine habitats in Fiji, such as coral reefs, mangroves, and sea-grass beds, are all represented. This way, we don't unduly settle any particular village or group of people
Video examples
Rufus Griscom and Alisa...
is because we think of love as a binary thing. You're either in love, or you're not in love. You love, or you don't love. And I think the reality is that love is a process, and I think the problem with thinking of love as something that's binary is that it causes us to be unduly concerned
Video examples
Inside your computer -...
for how to deal with this mouse click, so it looks up the address for the mouse program and sends a request to the memory subsystem for instructions stored there. Each instruction in the mouse device driver is duly fetched and executed. And that's not nearly the end of the story!
Video examples
The voices in my head PIPE...
and the fact that I did meant that something was very seriously wrong. Such fear and mistrust was infectious. Suddenly the voice didn't seem quite so benign anymore, and when she insisted that I seek medical attention, I duly complied, and which proved to be mistake number two.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
and so that's the traditional way that this has played itself out I have some hope however that that might not be and if there's a moment where you can make some change of some difference perhaps this is it I don't want to be cynical or skeptical unduly skeptical and I think
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Man Fights Nazi Plunder...
written statement the museum asserts that it's the legitimate owner of the work and that mr. casseras request has no legal foundation under Spanish law further the museum contends that the casera family was duly compensated for their loss by
Video examples
Man Fights Nazi Plunder...
statement the museum asserts that it's the legitimate owner of the work and that mr. casseras request has no legal foundation under Spanish law further the museum contends that the Kucera family was duly compensated for their loss by
Video examples
How I climbed a...
"You're hiking barefoot? That's so hard-core." I didn't bother to explain, but that night in my climbing journal, I duly noted my free solo of Half Dome,
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Passing Obama’s Stimulus...
And she lit up and showed some real interest. On this vote, the yeas are 61. The nays are 36. 3/5 of the senators duly chosen and sworn
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Adam Cohen
American Journalist
We should craft our laws to allow images of criminal suspects to be captured in public - but also to make sure that the government does not unduly infringe on the privacy rights of innocent citizens.
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Robert Walpole
British Statesman
The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense.
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Russ Feingold
American Politician
It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.
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James Madison
American President
Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.
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Terry Sanford
American Politician
I doubt the people of North Carolina will be content to allow the governor to decide or even unduly influence selecting their senator.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.
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John Maynard Keynes
English Economist
Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
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Sreenivasan
Indian Actor
You should know that there are heroes here who are unduly worried about each role they portray.
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Mohanlal
Indian Actor
I don't think I'm unduly extravagant.
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Adam Cohen
American Journalist
We should craft our laws to allow images of criminal suspects to be captured in public - but also to make sure that the government does not unduly infringe on the privacy rights of innocent citizens.
Quote examples
Robert Walpole
British Statesman
The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense.
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Russ Feingold
American Politician
It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.
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James Madison
American President
Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.
Quote examples
Terry Sanford
American Politician
I doubt the people of North Carolina will be content to allow the governor to decide or even unduly influence selecting their senator.
Quote examples
Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.
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John Maynard Keynes
English Economist
Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
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Sreenivasan
Indian Actor
You should know that there are heroes here who are unduly worried about each role they portray.
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Mohanlal
Indian Actor
I don't think I'm unduly extravagant.
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