Read full poem →9 With whiskers, band, and pantaloon,
And ruff composed most duly,
This squire he dropp'd his pen full soon,
Dictionary Entry
In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; properly.
In a Sentence
“The citizen's concern was duly noted in the meeting minutes.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
authorized dulyelected dulyexecuted dulyqualified dulyappointed dulysworn duly
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Poetry examples for “duly”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Pay, whoever drew the bill.
With the form conforming duly,
Senseless what it meaneth truly,
Read full poem →And did act what now we moan,
Old men so duly,
As, sooth, the parcae thought him one,
Read full poem →And did act, what now we moan,
Old men so duly;
As, sooth, the Parcæ thought him one
Read full poem →And lick the dust of Seraphs' feet:
For what is knowledge duly weighed?
Knowledge is strong, but love is sweet;
Read full poem →Than those which bashful Love, in his own way and hour,
Shall duly bring to flower?
O, Unknown Eros, sire of awful bliss,
Read full poem →Nor is in field or garden anything
But, duly look'd into, contains serene
The substance of things hoped for, in the Spring,
Read full poem →involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime,
whereof the person shall have been duly convicted, shall
exist within the United States, or any place subject to their
Read full poem →The oath of six good lawful men, the same
Of the said County, being duly sworn
To inquire for the said people into all
Read full poem →Great thanks I yield you for your discipline,
And do not doubt but duly to incline
My wits thereto, as ye shall shortly hear."