Definition of justly

"justly" in the adverb sense

1. rightly, justly, justifiedly

with honesty

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

2. justly, right

in accordance with moral or social standards

"that serves him right"

"do right by him"

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Quotations for justly

Justly; according to reason. [ French ]

Weigh justly and sell dearly. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Adversity, sage useful guest,
Severe instructor, but the best.
It is from thee alone we know
Justly to value things below. [ Somerville ]

Take care that no one hates you justly. [ Syrus ]

Who upon earth could live were all judged justly? [ Byron ]

Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly; swear not. [ William Shakespeare ]

That mischief comes justly that is of your own seeking. [ Proverb ]

Thanks are justly due for things we have not to pay for. [ Ovid ]

Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent. [ Cicero ]

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius. [ Carlyle ]

If reason justly contradicts an article, it is not of the household of faith. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

Either virtue is an empty name, or the man of enterprise justly aims at honour and reward. [ Horace ]

There are several ways to speak: to speak well, to speak easily, to speak justly, and to speak at the right moment. [ La Bruyere ]

Seek not proud wealth; but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. [ Bacon ]

What is admirable justly calls forth our admiration, yet a woman seems to be no true woman who calls forth nothing else. [ Platen ]

A complete and generous education fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices of peace and war. [ Milton ]

That is true beauty which has not only a substance, but a spirit; a beauty that we must intimately know, justly to appreciate. [ Colton ]

We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves. [ Dryden ]

Employment, which Galen calls nature's physician, is so essential to human happiness that indolence is justly considered as the mother of misery. [ Burton ]

To him whose soul is more than ordinarily divine, and who has the gift of uttering lofty thoughts, you may justly concede the honourable title of poet. [ Horace ]

Seek not proud riches, but such as thou may'st get justly use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly; yet have no abstract nor friarly contempt of them. [ Bacon ]

Those who make antitheses by forcing the sense are like men who make false windows for the sake of symmetry. Their rule is not to speak justly, but to make accurate figures. [ Pascal ]

Obey thy parents, keep thy word justly; swear not; commit not with man's sworn spouse; set not thy sweet heart on proud array. Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy pen from lenders' books. [ William Shakespeare ]

A man can no more justly make use of another's necessity, than he that has more strength can seize upon a weaker, master him to his obedience, and with a dagger at his throat, offer him death or slavery. [ J. Locke ]

Humour has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius. He who wants it, be his other gifts what they may, has only half a mind; an eye for what is above him, not for what is about him or below him. [ Carlyle ]

He may justly be numbered among the benefactors of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and taught by frequent recollection to recur habitually to the mind. [ Johnson ]

Greatness can only be rightly estimated when minuteness is justly reverenced. Greatness is the aggregation of minuteness; nor can its sublimity be felt truthfully by any mind unaccustomed to the affectionate watching of what is least. [ John Ruskin ]

Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, sitting down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, You know, Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat. Therefore what does that signify to me! [ Charles Dickens ]

Remember always in painting, as in eloquence, the greater your strength the quieter will be your manner and the fewer your words; and in painting, as in all the arts and acts of life, the secret of high success will be found, not in a fretful and various excellence, but in a quiet singleness of justly chosen aim. [ Ruskin ]

We frequently fall into error and folly, not because the true principles of action are not known, but because for a time they are not remembered; he may, therefore, justly be numbered among the benefactors of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences that may early be impressed on the memory, and taught by frequent recollection to occur habitually to the mind. [ Johnson ]

justly in Scrabble®

The word justly is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters justly:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word justly

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justly in Words With Friends™

The word justly is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters justly:

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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word justly

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