Duly and Right

Duly

Duly adverb - In a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose.
Usage example: the perpetrators of this outrageous crime will be duly punished

Right and duly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Right" instead an adverb "Duly".

Right

Right adverb - In a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose.
Usage example: you're not dressed right for an interview with a big-time law firm

Duly and right are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Duly" instead an adverb "Right".

Both words in one sentence

  • The first episode she appears in was duly broadcast, and the same fans said "See, we were right." Technically, those fans were right.
  • Handguns He responds; "Time comes I need one, Sir, there'll be plenty of 'em lying on the ground." The time duly comes, and he is sadly proved right.
    Source: Handguns
  • Literature / Riotous Assembly Liutnant Verkramp, his resident secret policeman, duly keeps a file on his boss to bring out when the time is right.
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