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[ adverb ] with honesty

Synonyms

rightly justifiedly

Examples

"he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time"

Used in print

(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)

Of the two , Porter is justly the better_known , for he went far beyond the vital finding of fiction for films to take the first_step toward fashioning a language of film , toward making the motion_picture the intricate , efficient time_machine that it has remained since , even in the most inept hands .

Related terms

unjustly right just just

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[ adverb ] in accordance with moral or social standards

Synonyms

right

Examples

"that serves him right" "do right by him"

Used in print

(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)

On Wednesday morning , November_2 , 1859 , the Providence_Daily_Journal stated that although Brown justly deserved the extreme penalty , no man , however criminal , ought to suffer the penalty without a fairer trial .

Related terms

just just

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