Duly
Duly adverb - In a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose.
Thus
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One Adam-12 episode had a scene where the boys pulled over an M8 armored car only to discover that it was duly registered and thus perfectly legal to drive on the street.
Source: Tanks, but No Tanks -
Alcott duly wrote the sequel, but with the firm resolve that "I won't marry Jo to Laurie to please anybody."Thus came Part II, occasionally published separately under the title Good Wives in the UK.
Source: Literature / Little Women -
Given the setting in 20XXV, Amoridere stated that asylums, like hospitals, are duly feared, thus leaving no real alternatives to deal with Reimu's mental illness, aside from making her a Madwoman in the Attic, as the alternative would be worse.
Source: Bedlam House
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