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# justly

«justly» in Mova's school dictionary: **right and treats people equally** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (justly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Justly means fairly, in a way that is right and treats people equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justly/#m1)

2) Justly means rightly, with good reason, as in «justly proud». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Ethics, citizenship and stories: «treat people justly», «justly punished», «justly famous». It tells the reader something is fair or deserved.

### examples

- The judge treated everyone justly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justly/#x1)
- She was justly proud of her painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justly/#x2)
- A good leader rules justly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justly/#x3)
- He was justly rewarded for his hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justly/#x4)
- The city is justly famous for its parks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justly/#x5)
- The teacher shared the sweets justly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justly/#x6)
- So the crown came to Dummling, who lived long, and ruled his people temperately and justly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justly/#x7)

### note

From «just» (fair). Opposite: unjustly. Do not confuse with «just» meaning «only» or «a moment ago».

### In the corpora

- [The violence of the wicked shall drag them away; because they refuse to do justly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.595/)
- [To do justly is joy to the righteous, but ruin to the workers of iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.603/)
- [But to them that decide justly shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.712/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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