duly

[doo-lee, dyoo-] /ˈdu li, ˈdyu-/

adverb

in a due manner; properly; fittingly.

in due season; punctually.

Origin

1350-1400; Middle English duelich(e). See due, -ly

Examples from the web for duly

Nap having been duly taken, I feel just a smidgen better.
Sarcasm duly noted there.
Most employers are duly impressed with those who have worked while in college.
Mr Williams's campaign manager duly resigned.
We will duly submit these results to a responsible peer-reviewed journal.
The editor was duly impressed and, after tracking her down, offered her a reporting job.
In the musical comedy, this forbidding aspect of her personality is duly noted.
This January 1st, the one-year repeal duly took effect.
For thee the tear be duly shed.
All, it seems, have seen the future and are duly impressed.

British Dictionary definitions for duly

/ˈdjuːlɪ/

adverb

in a proper or fitting manner

at the proper time; punctually

Word Origin

C14: see due, -ly²

Word Origin and History for duly

adj.

late 14c., duweliche "rightly, properly," from dewe "due" (see due) + -liche (see -ly (2)).