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# duly

«duly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in the proper way, as expected or required, and at the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (no forms)

### meaning for a pupil

Duly means in the proper way, as expected or required, and at the right time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a cure or a promise is done duly, as the story says it should be; in lessons it shows that a thing was done as the rules or custom said

### examples

- The neighbour took the medicine and was duly cured. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duly/#x1)
- The guests were duly thanked in the speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duly/#x2)
- The rent was paid duly at the end of the month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «duly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.